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    The document discusses ordinal numbers from 1st to 1,000,000th and provides rules for writing them out. It notes that ordinal numbers are formed by adding "th" to cardinal numbers, with some exceptions. It also explains that in compound ordinal numbers only the last figure is written as an ordinal, and that when writing ordinals as figures the last two letters of the word are added. Finally, it mentions that in titles for kings and queens the ordinal is written in Roman numerals but spoken with "the" before it.

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    The document discusses ordinal numbers from 1st to 1,000,000th and provides rules for writing them out. It notes that ordinal numbers are formed by adding "th" to cardinal numbers, with some exceptions. It also explains that in compound ordinal numbers only the last figure is written as an ordinal, and that when writing ordinals as figures the last two letters of the word are added. Finally, it mentions that in titles for kings and queens the ordinal is written in Roman numerals but spoken with "the" before it.

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    The document discusses ordinal numbers from 1st to 1,000,000th and provides rules for writing them out. It notes that ordinal numbers are formed by adding "th" to cardinal numbers, with some exceptions. It also explains that in compound ordinal numbers only the last figure is written as an ordinal, and that when writing ordinals as figures the last two letters of the word are added. Finally, it mentions that in titles for kings and queens the ordinal is written in Roman numerals but spoken with "the" before it.

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    Ordinal numbers

    Table of Ordinal Numbers


    Ordinal Numbers from 1 through 1,000,000
    1 st first 11 th eleventh 21 st twenty-first 31 st thirty-first
    2 nd second 12 th twelfth 22 nd twenty-second 40 th fortieth
    3 rd third 13 th thirteenth 23 rd twenty-third 50 th fiftieth
    4 th fourth 14 th fourteenth 24 th twenty-fourth 60 th sixtieth
    5 th fifth 15 th fifteenth 25 th twenty-fifth 70 th seventieth
    6 th sixth 16 th sixteenth 26 th twenty-sixth 80 th eightieth
    7 th seventh 17 th seventeenth 27 th twenty-seventh 90 th ninetieth
    8 th eighth 18 th eighteenth 28 th twenty-eighth 100 th one hundredth
    9 th ninth 19 th nineteenth 29 th twenty-ninth 1,000 th one thousandth
    10 th tenth 20 th twentieth 30 th thirtieth 1,000,000 th one millionth

    Form
    Spelling of Ordinal Numbers
    Just add th to the cardinal number:
    four - fourth
    eleven - eleventh
    Exceptions:
    one - first
    two - second
    three - third
    five - fifth
    eight - eighth
    nine - ninth
    twelve - twelfth
    In compound ordinal numbers, note that only the last figure is written as an ordinal number:
    421st = four hundred and twenty-first
    5,111th = five thousand, one hundred and eleventh
    Figures
    When expressed as figures, the last two letters of the written word are added to the ordinal
    number:
    first = 1st
    second = 2nd
    third = 3rd
    fourth = 4th
    twenty-sixth = 26th
    hundred and first = 101st
    Titles
    In names for kings and queens, ordinal numbers are written in Roman numbers. In spoken English,
    the definite article is used before the ordinal number:
    Charles II - Charles the Second
    Edward VI - Edward the Sixth
    Henry VIII - Henry the Eighth
    Changed: 10th Dec 2010 19:36
    URL: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/vocabulary/numbers/ordinal

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