
grammar - When referring to dates, which form is correct? "on the …
2020年10月30日 · "on the 5th of November" is practically just removing the word day from the reference. As in "on the 5th (day) of November." It is used everywhere and even though it could be understood a few different ways it is the most correct. "on the 5th November" seems to me to more be dependent on the month and if not year.
What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
2014年8月23日 · @WS2 In speech, very nearly always. In writing, much less so. I think what may be going on is that one just assumes that “June 1” is pronounced “June First”, or “4 July” as “the Fourth of July”.
What's the equivalent phrase in the UK for "I plead the fifth"?
to which George replies, "I plead the fifth!" The O.P. simply wants to know, is there another (perhaps informal) equivalent, since it would be presumptuous to expect the phrase would be widely used outside the US, since "the fifth" originates from the …
'in' vs. 'on' for dates - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2015年3月31日 · I've met the following phrase: Something happened on February 12-25, 2010. It means that some event started on February 12th and ended on February 25th.
“20th century” vs. “20ᵗʰ century” - English Language & Usage ...
To some extent, it depends on the font you are using and how accessible its special features are. If you can do full typesetting, then you probably want to make the th part look different from the 20 part, just like they do here:
range inclusion - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2019年10月1日 · Your second option most clearly states when you'll be on leave. Saying "till" doesn't make it clear if you're returning the morning of the 5th, or if the 5th is included in your leave. To be absolutely clear, you should state when you leave and when you return. I will be on leave October 4th and 5th, and I will return October 6th.
Is there another word for five times, such as triple, quadruple?
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prepositions - Does "until [date]" mean "before that date"?
2011年8月16日 · This is not good English. Either it was written by somebody for whom English is not a native language, in which case I wouldn't necessarily conclude anything about his interpretation from the text, or it was written in a hurry by someone who meant to put (you have until 18 August) in parentheses, in which you should deliver it by 23:59 on 18 August.
etymology - What comes after (Primary,unary),(secondary,binary ...
2018年1月11日 · 5th = quinary; 6th = senary; 7th = septenary; 8th = octonary; 9th = nonary; 10th = denary; 12th = duodenary; 20th = vigenary. These come from the Latin roots. The -n-ones come as well from Latin but this time are distributive adjectives, "one each, two each, etc."; they are always used in plural. They were sometimes also used in a sense roughly ...
Meaning of "by" when used with dates - inclusive or exclusive
2014年8月28日 · If, in a contract fr example, the text reads: "X has to finish the work by MM-DD-YYYY", does the "by" include the date or exclude it? In other words, will the work delivered on the specified date