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  1. “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

  2. What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?

    Aug 23, 2014 · 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?

  3. What does 'turn of the century' mean? - English Language & Usage …

    May 18, 2019 · 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. …

  4. nouns - use of capital C in the word 'Century' - English Language ...

    Feb 15, 2017 · 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 …

  5. "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'.

  6. Meaning of "by" when used with dates - inclusive or exclusive

    Aug 28, 2014 · As others have specified, the word by is generally synonymous with no later than when referring to a date or time. However, it is important to note (and this is why I am adding another …

  7. Meaning of "...on the week of ..." - English Language & Usage Stack ...

    Apr 26, 2021 · I got an email to confirm my availability: We would like to know your availability on the week of May 10th from 10:00 - 14:00. Does it mean they are asking my availability for the whole …

  8. grammatical number - Singular or plural in “between the 17ᵗʰ and the ...

    Which is correct in the following sentence, century or centuries? [. . .] courtship gifts common in Sweden and other Scandinavian countries between the 17ᵗʰ and early 20ᵗʰ century.

  9. punctuation - What is the abbreviation for 'century'? - English ...

    Dec 5, 2013 · I remember being taught in history classes to abbreviate century by writing a large capital C followed by the ordinal number as in: C18th without the full-stop (period). Recently I have noticed …

  10. Does "nineteen-hundreds" refer to 1900–1909 or 1900–1999?

    Apr 17, 2017 · The words "nineteen-hundreds" to me mean strictly 1900–1909. I've noticed several times that people, invariably North American, use these words to mean "the twentieth century", or …