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- What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
301 st: (three-hundred-) fir st (shouldn't that be 301 th?, I'm not going there) Of course, in general, we call all these superscripts 'ordinal indicators,' and "suffixes," 'ordinal suffixes ' (We can see that there's no suffix as such until we come to 4, as we have ordinal names
- When is it more correct to say did not and when didnt?
@ambitious_ph1lologist Thanks for the heads up I don't know how I'm going to be able to edit my answer Maybe Word detects "weren't" and not "didn't" but I'm not sure I'm not a Word expert I think however, regardless of the particular contraction, the logic in my answer still applies –
- How do you handle that that? The double that problem
I don't think that that is a problem Having said that, it would still make sense if one of the "that"s in the previous sentence were omitted EDIT: In response to Reg's comment: If a "that" is omitted, it's the first one that is removed Replacing the second "that" with "it" may clarify things: I don't think that it is a problem
- ing vs. try to - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- early modern english - Does tis means this is or it is . . .
@ColinFine Tother doesn’t actually show that, because the t doesn’t come from a th at all It’s a mis-divided form of a much older þet oþer, where þet is the older form of that, used as a neuter definite article It is basically just a neuter version of a napron, a nadder, a norange, etc
- Understanding as of, as at, and as from
There seems [sic] to be different ways of using the "as of now" phrase depending on the country you are in So in this case the use of a dictionary could be the best way to clarify this thread The trouble is that I haven´t been able to find any clear source of information in dictionaries up to this time ['load'] –
- dont vs didnt - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
"I don't receive the package", or "I didn't receive the package"? Warning: not a native speaker "I haven't received the package " Please explain why Generally answer uses the same verb form as the question At least textbooks teach English this way Q: Did you receive the package? A: Yes, I did Q: Do you accept the package? A: Yes, I do
- expressions - Terms and conditions apply meaning - English Language . . .
Advertising standards agencies might allow the use of a general disclaimer like "Terms and conditions apply" as long as the terms and conditions do not strongly affect the meaning of the advert - for example if it only applied to people over the age of 12, which doesn't really change the advert much for most listeners (on the assumption that an
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