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  1. 21st / 21th - WordReference Forums

    Jan 9, 2007 · ¿Cuál de los dos es correcto? December 21st? o Decemeber 21th? Thank you very much, in advance

  2. 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?

  3. 21 February or The 21st of February - WordReference Forums

    Feb 21, 2016 · Dear everyone, I was reading an article which reads as "21 February is a memorable day in our national history. We observe the day every year as International Mother Language Day." Now …

  4. 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", …

  5. 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 …

  6. 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 …

  7. 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...

  8. 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 …

  9. centuries - WordReference Forums

    Sep 24, 2007 · A silly question. What is the customary form for writing centuries in formal documents? XIX, I, II century or XIXth, Ist, IInd century? Thank you.

  10. 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 …