Usage of "second/third/fourth ... last"
The 4th is next to last or last but one (penultimate). The 3rd is second from (or to) last or last but two (antepenultimate). The 2nd, is third from (or to) last or last but three. According to Google …
Terms describing the pages comprising a magazine's cover
The 4th cover page is on the back of the magazine, so naturally it costs more to place ads there. Am I right in calling them thus, "2nd cover page" etc., or are there some special publishing …
Is there a word that means "every four weeks"?
Is there a fourth word in this series: weekly, biweekly, triweekly, ...? If not, and I had to coin a word, then would "quadweekly", "quadriweekly", or some other word be more etymologically …
prepositions - How to use dates with from and to - English …
Mar 13, 2018 · "X is a food trade show which took place from the 4th to the 7th November 2013" "the international congress was held from 22nd to 24th October 2015" What are the other …
How do you read powers and roots? - English Language & Usage …
Oct 23, 2015 · Your propositions are all correct. "4th root of five" can be read as "quad root of five", but 4-th root is no way incorrect and both ways are interchangeable. Similarly "fifth root" …
What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
Aug 23, 2014 · Our numbers have a specific two-letter combination that tells us how the number sounds. For example 9th 3rd 301st What do we call these special sounds?
numbers - Framing a question to which you reply with "I am the …
List you and your siblings in order. John is the first born; Jack is the second. I am the third born in my family. Of note, the tail "in my family" is mostly redundant. More succinct responses are "I …
"Happens on" vs "Falls on" a particular date. What is the difference?
Sep 30, 2018 · Exactly what I was thinking. Idiomatically, you say "it falls on the 4th this year" when an event's date is variable. However, physical occurrences such as the solstice seem to …
Did the words "come" and "home" historically rhyme?
Nov 5, 2022 · Did John Newton imitate Shakespearean pronunciation for the sake of rhyme? Hard to say, and to be honest I doubt it. Though looking at the other stanzas of the hymn, they ALL …
“20th century” vs. “20ᵗʰ century” - English Language & Usage ...
When writing twentieth century using an ordinal numeral, should the th part be in superscript? 20th century 20th century