Re: Ordinal Numbers (1st, 2nd, etc.)
Re: Ordinal Numbers (1st, 2nd, etc.)
- Subject: Re: Ordinal Numbers (1st, 2nd, etc.)
- From: Charles Arthur <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 23:24:52 +0100
On Fri, 17 Aug 2001 10:47:27 +0100, Nigel Garvey
<email@hidden> wrote:
>
Is there a proper English way to ordinalise negatives and fractional
>
numbers? Minus oneth or minus first? 3.2th or 3.2nd?
You show me the race where someone finishes in a negative place, or a
fractional place, and *then* I'll help out on the proper English.
(OK, so star magnitudes can go negative when they're incredibly bright,
IIRC. But I think they're then just called "magnitude -1".)
Charles
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