"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 …
abbreviations - When is it proper to abbreviate first to 1st?
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 …
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 …
orthography - Why are names that begin with "Mc" first in order …
Why is it that in lists of people’s names, surnames beginning with Mc are listed before surnames beginning with Ma? For example, if a book had a bibliography listing its references, we would …
Understanding "as of", "as at", and "as from"
Joel is mistaken when he says that as of means "up to and including a point of time," although it is often used to mean so. As of designates the point in time from which something occurs. So as …
word usage - Asking about the date on which something happens …
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 …
1st percentile, 2nd percentile... But how to say "2.5th" percentile?
Historically, the 1st, 2nd, ..., 99th percentiles are numerical values greater than precisely 1, 2, ..., 99% of the data. So, although people don't usually say this, there could be 101 percentiles, …
How to refer to a specific floor of a building
0 Technically, the f in this context would not be capitalized. The same situation occurs when the floors of a building or vessel have non numerical designations, like the 'noble floor' that …
Does "chronological order" mean the most recent item comes first?
Feb 15, 2020 · In technical and common parlance, the phrase "chronological order" indicates that the items are in order of occurrence or creation, oldest first (being the first in the chronology). …
Year Division by Quarters: any terms to express halves of years or ...
Sep 15, 2017 · Quarters divide years by four. I am looking for the terms dividing years by 2, 3 and 6. Does there exists terms to express other parts of the years like quarters?