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  1. How do you read powers and roots? - English Language & Usage …

    Oct 23, 2015 · Your propositions are all correct. "4th root of five" can be read as "quad root of five", but 4-th root is no way incorrect and both ways are interchangeable. Similarly "fifth root" …

  2. How did "as" amass all its confusing "broad and vague meanings"?

    Nov 14, 2020 · From Bahrych, Merino. Legal Writing and Analysis in a Nutshell 5th edition (2017). 343: as. Do not use the conjunction as when you mean “since,” “because,” “when,” or “while.” …

  3. It is correct and formal to include "of" when writing dates?

    Britain conforms to writing the short form of the date using the European method, which is used throughout almost the entire world except in the United States, i.e. day/month/year. so that …

  4. punctuation - What is the abbreviation for 'century'? - English ...

    Dec 5, 2013 · I remember being taught in history classes to abbreviate century by writing a large capital C followed by the ordinal number as in: C18th without the full-stop (period). Recently I …

  5. phrases - 'Third wheel' or 'fifth wheel'? - English Language

    Conclusions The rapid rise of "like a third wheel" indicates that this version of the idiom has gained considerable momentum in popular usage since 1970. Still, usage of "like a fifth wheel" …

  6. grammar - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Sep 7, 2014 · 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 …

  7. phrasing - How to avoid ordinal numbers when referring to a …

    Jul 1, 2015 · I have the following sentence: "You are currently 5th in the queue" I'd like to avoid using ordinal numbers. What is the best way to rephrase this sentence such that it conveys the …

  8. What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?

    Aug 23, 2014 · 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?

  9. Time: Move "backwards" or "forwards" - English Language

    They even argue that the 10th of a month is after the 5th and thus it's behind. Thus my question: Is this how the terms are used in most countries or is this unacceptable?

  10. recurring events - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Jul 29, 2011 · From WordWeb: Annual: Occurring or payable every year What is the corresponding single word for occurring every two year, three year, four year etc. I understand …