Re: Ordinal Numbers (1st, 2nd, etc.)
Re: Ordinal Numbers (1st, 2nd, etc.)
- Subject: Re: Ordinal Numbers (1st, 2nd, etc.)
- From: Nigel Garvey <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 00:49:07 +0100
Paul Skinner wrote on Fri, 17 Aug 2001 09:33:17 -0400:
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on 8/17/01 5:47 AM, Nigel Garvey wrote:
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> Is there a proper English way to ordinalise negatives and fractional
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> numbers? Minus oneth or minus first? 3.2th or 3.2nd?
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> NG
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Those are cardinal numbers.
Are you sure? It was confusion between cardinals (numbers expressing how
many) and ordinals (numbers expressing which one) that was mainly
responsible for the new millennium being celebrated at the beginning of
2000.
NG