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...

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.

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

The best evidence for this opinion is that "on or after 1st January" is redundant if they are talking about the previous calendar year. All dates are on or after Jan 1st.

Is it grammatically correct to sequence paragraphs using First, Second, Third, and Finally? If not, is there a good word that replaces Finally? Starting a paragraph with Final doesn't sound corre...

Apr 17, 2016 · 8 I wanted to know, while writing dates such as 1st April or 2nd March; do we need to superscript the st and the nd as 1 st April and 2 nd March, or is it ok to write them without the …

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. …

Therefore the statement "You have until March 1st to pay your rent of $100 to avoid eviction." would translate roughly to "At this present time have you a debt of $100. You may make payment at …