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- abbreviations - When is it proper to abbreviate first to 1st? - English . . .
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
- On the first of every month vs. every first of the month
The difference is that the first is a prepositional phrase and the second is a noun phrase There's nothing illogical about the second one Nor is there any reason to hyphenate it beyond stylistic preference It's just a different way to say the thing, but everyone would understand it: "On the first of every month I like to go out and buy a new hat" "Every first of the month I like to go out
- the 1st or 1st - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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
- abbreviations - When were st, nd, rd, and th, first used - English . . .
When were numeric contractions for ordinals first used, as in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th instead of first, second, third, sixth?
- How to refer to an apartment on a specific floor?
Suppose that on the first floor of a building, there are three separate apartments numbered 1, 2 and 3 respectively How can I refer to one of them when writing a postal address? I am wondering if
- What do you call underground floors in AmE and BrE?
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- Asking about the date on which something happens using effective
I would agree that the first 4 are all valid There is, however, a difference between "effective from" and "effective on" ( and the take effect equivalents ) If a change is effective "on" a date, a possible implication is that after then, it will not be taking effect - that is, it is a one-off change just for that day If it is ongoing - which is more likely - then effective "from" is
- “20th century” vs. “20ᵗʰ century” - English Language Usage . . .
When writing twentieth century using an ordinal numeral, should the th part be in superscript? 20th century 20th century
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