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 …

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 …

When were numeric contractions for ordinals first used, as in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th instead of first, second, third, sixth?

Suppose that on the first floor of a building, there are three separate apartments numbered 1, 2 and 3 respectively. How can I refer to one of them when writing a postal address? I am …

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

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 or 3rd person in CV/résumé? [duplicate] Ask Question Asked 13 years, 10 months ago Modified 12 years, 7 months ago

On my résumé, I have the following: -----Bachelor of ABC, Institute of XYZ, Country----- "first class honors" and GPA I can't construct this line in a way that sounds completely corr...

When listing names with the last name first, where should you put the suffix if there is one present? For example, if given the name John Doe Jr., which of the following would be …