Apr 17, 2016 · I wanted to know, while writing dates such as 1st April or 2nd March; do we need to superscript the st and the nd as 1st April and 2nd March, or is it ok to write them without the …

The use of initialisms along with other types of abbreviations is obviously quite old, due to limited space. But coining new words by acronym construction seems very much a 20th-century practice.

When writing twentieth century using an ordinal numeral, should the th part be in superscript? 20th century 20th century

Prior to the 20th century, what was the noun for an individual person from a country whose demonym ends in '-ese'? Ask Question Asked 5 years, 4 months ago Modified 5 years, 4 months ago

Jul 3, 2011 · The OED first cites screw in the 19th century. Etymonline (usually a pretty good source) gives this explanation: Meaning "prison guard, warden" is 1812 in underworld slang, originally in …

Aug 16, 2018 · What is the grammatically correct or better way of writting the following: Starting on February, I noticed the change. Starting in February, I noticed the change.

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 …

Jan 26, 2020 · I have noticed that sometimes we write ordinal numbers with the "th" a little higher than the numbers. But sometimes I see it just attached to it. Which one is correct?

Sep 17, 2014 · I am always confused when I get an email stating "out of office until Thursday". Is the sender back on Thursday or still out of office (o.o.o.) on Thursday and only back on Friday? Is there …

In Irish author James Joyce's Ulysses, written early in the 20th century, there is a reference to a character's shoes as "kicks" in chapter 10: In Grafton street Master Dignam saw a red flower in a …