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...

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

Jun 4, 2015 · There are multiple ways to express this in competitions: Winner, 1st runner-up, 2nd runner-up, etc. 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place, 1st prize, 2nd prize, etc. In your example it may help …

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. …

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

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 7, 2013 · Freshmen - 1st year student or 1st year undergrad Sophomore - 2nd year student or 2nd year undergrad And so on until the final year (3rd year for Bachelor's Degree students and 4th year …

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 …