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Bookmark or Share- meaning - How should "midnight on..." be interpreted? - English ...In conversation, the 'night' of which 'midnight' is in the middle, is considered the night of the date mentioned. If you are referring to a deadline, this also will refer to the stroke of 12 after the evening of the same date. Example: The paper is due by Friday at midnight. Should not be confusing to anyone.
- meaning - Difference between floor and storey - English Language ...I believe a floor is a floor and a story is the occupied space above the floor. In many cases the difference between a floor and a roof is defined by the lack or presence of an occupied space above. Start with the simplest example with a floor at grade and a roof overhead. Most would consider this a single story structure without the need for a ...
- word choice - "Three quarters" vs. "three fourths" - English Language ...1/2 (or 2/4) is "half" or "halves". 1/3 (or 1/3rd) and 2/3 is a "third" and "two thirds" respectively. 3/4 and 3/4ths are read as "three quarters" or "three fourths" (these are not interchangeable) Thus I would only use "fourths" in writing and mathematics, never in spoken conversation. Perhaps it is sometimes used by children or when teaching ...
- What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?@WS2 In speech, very nearly always. In writing, much less so. I think what may be going on is that one just assumes that “June 1” is pronounced “June First”, or “4 July” as “the Fourth of July”.
- Usage of "second/third/fourth ... last" - English Language & Usage ...The 4th is next to last or last but one (penultimate). The 3rd is second from (or to) last or last but two (antepenultimate). The 2nd, is third from (or to) last or last but three. According to Google Ngram Viewer there are some occurrences of preantepenultimate in the corpus. As for dialect, you will rarely see the Latin forms other than ...
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