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?

Oct 30, 2020 · The correct answer is "on the 5th of November," because saying "on the 5th November" It makes it sound like you are talking about the 5th November, as in 5 years later. You need the …

There is no such equivalent phrase that I know of for any English-speaking country. However thanks to the prevalence of US media, the phrase "plead the fifth" or "take the fifth" is widely recognized …

Oct 1, 2019 · In my opinion "starting on" and "till" don't really go together so I wouldn't use option 1. The phrasing "on leave from X till Y" can be misinterpreted to mean that Y will be your first day back at …

"5th May" would be the most traditional way to write this date. I have never seen "of" used in a written date, except in extremely archaic constructions such as legal contracts "signed and witnessed this …

I've found several definitions that seem to be incompatible From http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fifth+estate A class or group in society other than the nobility ...

Jun 17, 2011 · I always hear people say "I hit the third base" or "I hit the second base" (sex related). I am not 100% sure what they all mean. Additionally, in one of the House MD episodes, there was a …

5 It is necessary for me to write about the 2.5th and 97.5th percentiles of a data set. What is the correct way of writing this? This post talks about "zeroth", "n-th" and even "epsilonth" as generalisations of …

May 28, 2021 · There is a latin sequence of terms that refer to order from last: ultimate, last pen ultimate, second from last ante penultimate, third from last pre antepenultimate, forth from last pro …

May 16, 2012 · It implies that he died at some point on the 5th day of the treatment. I would use "at" to reference a very specific point in time (rather than a relatively longer period of time, such as a day), …