
“20th century” vs. “20ᵗʰ century” - English Language & Usage ...
When writing twentieth century using an ordinal numeral, should the th part be in superscript? 20th century 20th century
"The later part of the 20th century" vs. "the latter part of the 20th ...
(From the 40s through the 80s, for example.) "Later" often implies that it started after the half, and lasted much closer to the end. Rock and roll, jazz, and techno were music of the latter part of the 20th …
grammatical number - Singular or plural in “between the 17ᵗʰ and the ...
Which is correct in the following sentence, century or centuries? [. . .] courtship gifts common in Sweden and other Scandinavian countries between the 17ᵗʰ and early 20ᵗʰ century.
What does 'turn of the century' mean? - English Language & Usage …
May 18, 2019 · I suspect it was a term coined sometime during the 20th century to mean the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. As someone born mid-twentieth, it seems always to have been around. …
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 have noticed …
history - When did the use of acronyms begin? - English Language ...
The use of initialisms along with other types of abbreviations is obviously quite old, due to limited space. But coining new words by acronym construction seems very much a 20th-century practice.
Does "nineteen-hundreds" refer to 1900–1909 or 1900–1999?
Apr 17, 2017 · The words "nineteen-hundreds" to me mean strictly 1900–1909. I've noticed several times that people, invariably North American, use these words to mean "the twentieth century", or …
history - Prior to the 20th century, what was the noun for an ...
Prior to the 20th century, what was the noun for an individual person from a country whose demonym ends in '-ese'? Ask Question Asked 5 years, 4 months ago Modified 5 years, 4 months ago
nouns - use of capital C in the word 'Century' - English Language ...
Feb 15, 2017 · century | 1 The 1900s are the 20th century AD, of which the last year will be the year 2000. Similarly the period 1801 – 1900 inclusive was the 19th century, 1301 – 1400 was the 14th …
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?