I'm wondering which is the right usage between "the 1st" and "1st" in these sentences: a) The United States ranked 1st in Bloomberg's Global Innovation Index. b) The United States ranked the 1st...

When is it proper to use 1st instead of first? For example, is the correct sentence acceptable? Can you give more detail about why you 1st got involved? I tried finding some authoritative source...

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?

When were numeric contractions for ordinals first used, as in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th instead of first, second, third, sixth?

May 19, 2016 · I like to say -1 as negative one. So, should I say "negative oneth index" or "negative first index"? Which one is grammatical? Is there a way to avoid this problem altogether.

Nov 20, 2020 · I agree on the usage and examples, however upfront is an adverb (1st example) / adjective (2nd), and OP seems to be looking for a noun.

1st or 3rd person in CV/résumé? [duplicate] Ask Question Asked 14 years ago Modified 12 years, 10 months ago

Using the cipher (0) as an interval indicator is rare and confusing. Hour 1 = t=0-1, hour 2 (the second hour) = t = 1-2 etc (ignoring the interval-boundary–naming problem), but hour 0 is poorly defined. …

Oct 7, 2014 · +1 - So prevalent that in many documents, birthdate is marked as date of birth, shortened to D.O.B. When questioned (in an official capacity, the question is simply, "Date of birth?" No doubt …

When writing twentieth century using an ordinal numeral, should the th part be in superscript? 20th century 20th century