“Firstly, secondly, thirdly,…”, what comes next? [duplicate] I wouldn't - at least not following the same pattern of suffixes You can say 'fourthly' if you wish, but as you continue, it becomes less and less idiomatic First, second, third, etc , stay more idiomatic in longer sequences Traditionally, it was "first, secondly, thirdly", if I recall correctly –
thirdly, fourthly - WordReference Forums You can use "firstly, secondly, thirdly, and fourthly," but these end up sounding repetitive Personally, I would vary by using phrases like "in the third place" and "finally "
word usage - Up to what level the adverbs firstly, secondly . . . I've read fourth and fourthly in papers (and elsewhere), and that for me is teetering dangerously on "boring" and "mechanical" To list a series of points or observations in an essay, a paper, or a formal letter you can start with either First or Firstly; then second or secondly and then use a different discourse marker such as :
Why using firstly, secondly. . . in a writing is bad writing? You wouldn't use Firstly, Secondly, Thirdly, Fourthly in a love letter, unless maybe you were Commander Spock on StarTrek Similarly, in a short essay about a friend, explicit enumeration is not an appropriate stylistic choice –
Is it bad form to use firstly without later using secondly (and . . . To clarify, do you think that it is inappropriate to use 'firstly' to begin a paragraph, and then not use 'secondly' later when referring to an additional things? We can use terms like 'to begin', and subsequently, 'additionally', 'next', or 'furthermore' We can also use terms like 'firstly'
phrase usage - Does *first of all* always go with *second of all . . . And finally, one could use "And finally," if it were actually the third-and-final point Otherwise, one would use "Third," The use of "Thirdly," starts showing the problem with the adverbial since "fourthly, fifthly, sixthly" are strange Also, "Third of all," starts showing the self-defeating point of a continuous use of "X of all"
eleventhly - WordReference Forums Hi all! I missed you in the past days :) I am preparing a list of items in order: firstly, secondly, etc Whenever I write eleventhly, twelfthly
Primary, secondary, tertiary. . . - WordReference Forums What is the appropriate word for numbers of the series "primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary "? If "one, two, three " are cardinal and "first, second, third " are ordinal, I was wondering what the specific term for these would be Could they perhaps be "ordinal numbers of precedence"