21st / 21th - WordReference Forums
Jan 9, 2007 · ¿Cuál de los dos es correcto? December 21st? o Decemeber 21th? Thank you very much, in advance
21st century or 21th century - WordReference Forums
Aug 25, 2015 · I was told that both "21st century" and "21th century" were common expressions, but I don't think the latter is grammatically correct. Is it okay to use that in written or oral English?
My birthday is on 21 December - WordReference Forums
Apr 3, 2022 · Wow. What a heated discussion @sound shift You would say "My birthday is the 21st of December" , but does adding on feel wrong to you? or is it just personal preference?
twenty-first century | 21st century | WordReference Forums
Dec 31, 2016 · If it's a formal context, which one is more appropriate: in the twenty-first century || in the 21st century? According to Google Ngram Viewer, the most common one is "twenty-first century", …
writing th, rd, st -- e.g. 25th: [superscript?] | WordReference Forums
Mar 31, 2011 · The suffixes -st (e.g. 21st), -nd (e.g. 22nd), -rd (e.g. 23rd), and -th (e.g. 24th) are used. In the Victorian period, these indicators were superscripts (2nd, 34th) under general French influence …
early/middle/late+month | WordReference Forums
Jun 25, 2007 · Early = 1st to 10th Mid = 11th to 20th Late = 21st to 30th Beginning of (included in early) End of (included in late) = Last 5 days = 26th to 30 th I also had the same impression, namely that …
21st century San Francisco Bay area - WordReference Forums
Mar 8, 2022 · Podmates Paul and Jennie dubbed our trip a “Circum-bobulation” because of the improvisation necessary for COVID-era social distancing, the limited daylight hours in January, and …
What are "days" called? - WordReference Forums
Dec 5, 2019 · You mean 'the 21st ... the 20th' etc. (When you are writing it out like this without the month, you need to use ordinal numbers.) 'Day' often means 'day of the month'. 'What day of the …
In / On the century - WordReference Forums
Nov 29, 2013 · Good morning lads and ladies! I have got a doubt concerning the usage of "in" or "on" before "certain century". As far as I am concerned, (and please, correct me if I am wrong) IN is the …
On the afternoon of October 21st - WordReference Forums
Dec 29, 2016 · Hello, my friends, I was wondering whether the sentence is idiomatic as the original: "We have a school trip on the afternoon of October 21st." Thoughts...