Global web icon
stackexchange.com
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/550516…
grammar - When referring to dates, which form is correct? "on the 5th ...
"on the 5th of November" is practically just removing the word day from the reference. As in "on the 5th (day) of November." It is used everywhere and even though it could be understood a few different ways it is the most correct. "on the 5th November" seems to me to more be dependent on the month and if not year. As in "it's my baby's 5th November" as in, the child is experiencing November ...
Global web icon
stackexchange.com
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/192804…
What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
Our numbers have a specific two-letter combination that tells us how the number sounds. For example 9th 3rd 301st What do we call these special sounds?
Global web icon
stackexchange.com
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/87224/…
What's the equivalent phrase in the UK for "I plead the fifth"?
There is no such equivalent phrase that I know of for any English-speaking country. However thanks to the prevalence of US media, the phrase "plead the fifth" or "take the fifth" is widely recognized outside the US, and is frequently used in general conversation In most jurisdictions that derive from the British system, a defendant may decline to testify in court. However once they have agreed ...
Global web icon
stackexchange.com
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/68573/…
pronunciation - How to write out dates correctly - English Language ...
"5th May" would be the most traditional way to write this date. I have never seen "of" used in a written date, except in extremely archaic constructions such as legal contracts "signed and witnessed this 5th day of May 2012" (Parenthetically, I note that in English law this makes absolutely no difference to validity.
Global web icon
stackexchange.com
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/514243…
range inclusion - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
In my opinion "starting on" and "till" don't really go together so I wouldn't use option 1. The phrasing "on leave from X till Y" can be misinterpreted to mean that Y will be your first day back at work, so I wouldn't use option 3 without adding " (inclusive)". Also phrasing it as a range from one date to another sounds odd to me when you're talking about only two days in total. Option 2 ...
Global web icon
stackexchange.com
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/548397…
Dates preposition confusion - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Again for example "In the first three days of September 2020" but "between the 2nd and the 5th of September 2020". When we are talking about a single date we say "on" because a single date is a distinct period.
Global web icon
stackexchange.com
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/195258…
grammar - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
While helping my son, who happens to be in the 5th grade, with his English grammar, I have realized that I am confused. The following sentence, that I gave him as an exercise, he has identified the components i.e. verbs/verb-types, adverbs, adjectives and nouns as follows:
Global web icon
stackexchange.com
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/185537…
How to refer to a specific floor of a building
Capitalisation implies that the name has been elevated to have meaning in its own right, not just as a literal description. For example, if the mezzanine between the 1st and what was the 2nd floor was converted to be the 2nd floor, what had been the 4th floor would become the 5th floor but might be referred to as "the 4th Floor". Similarly, say a company owned two bookstores, and in the ...
Global web icon
stackexchange.com
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/230781…
'in' vs. 'on' for dates - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Dates are reported in English as being in large units like century, decade, era, epoch, period, etc, and also parts of a day -- morning, afternoon, evening; on individual days; and at individual times, plus at night. The event occurred in the twentieth century, specifically at 03:43 Greenwich, in the early morning on August tenth, in 1952.
Global web icon
stackexchange.com
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/30217/…
In sex talk, how many bases are there and what do they all mean?
I always hear people say "I hit the third base" or "I hit the second base" (sex related). I am not 100% sure what they all mean. Additionally, in one of the House MD episodes, there was a dialogue...