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- “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
- What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
Our numbers have a specific two-letter combination that tells us how the number sounds For example 9th 3rd 301st What do we call these special sounds?
- What does turn of the century mean? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
I suspect it was a term coined sometime during the 20th century to mean the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries As someone born mid-twentieth, it seems always to have been around However now we are well into the twenty-first century an element of confusion has arisen Often the meaning can be picked up from context e g "my son was born around the turn of the century" would be unlikely to
- nouns - use of capital C in the word Century - English Language . . .
century | 1 The 1900s are the 20th century AD, of which the last year will be the year 2000 Similarly the period 1801 – 1900 inclusive was the 19th century, 1301 – 1400 was the 14th century, and so on
- The later part of the 20th century vs. the latter part of the 20th . . .
Even worse, " during the later part of the 20th century" allows even more ambiguity, essentially meaning nothing, and readers will inevitably misread it as 'latter'
- What are the capitalization rules regarding historical periods of time . . .
Well, it's often capitalised as you've just written it, but the modern era isn't uncommon either And sometimes it's the Modern Era Any given publishing house or style guide may have its preferred form, but there are no actual "rules" I'm just trying to encapsulate some kind of "reason" for the tendencies
- Meaning of . . . on the week of . . . - English Language Usage Stack . . .
"The week of May 10th" means the whole week including that date Normally you would use the Monday (which May 10, 2021 is) to identify the week, although it's not compulsory and sometimes you'll see another day used Normally if used in business or education it will refer to the Monday-Friday week (at least in countries with Saturday and Sunday off) As to "We would like to know your
- Why did denigrate greatly increase in usage during the mid-20th century?
More recently, in the latter half of the 20th century, denigrate was still used to express a sort of disparagement but in the context of diplomacy and science (perhaps reflecting a more modern, secularized society)
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