Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers in English
Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers in English
Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers in English
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Examples:
Number Word
21 twenty-one
55 fi�y-five
99 ninety-nine
Number Word
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Number Word
Number Word
67890
oh single digits (telephone numbers, codes)
six - seven - eight - nine - oh
-5 °C
zero measurements (temperature)
five degrees Celsius below zero
5-5=0
nought figure 0 in British English*
Five minus five leaves nought.
40 - 0
love tennis
forty - love
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1.1.5. Year
Add the last two letters of the written word to the figure. → 4th
Numbers in words: The ordinal numbers 1st → first, 2nd → second and 3rd → third are irregular. Be
careful with the spelling of the words for 5th, 8th, 9th, 12th and the words ending in -y.
Ordinal numbers
21st twenty-first
22nd twenty-second
23rd twenty-third
24th twenty-fourth
25th twenty-fifth
26th twenty-sixth
27th twenty-seventh
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Ordinal numbers
28th twenty-eighth
29th twenty-ninth
30th thirtieth
31st thirty-first
1.3.1. Fractions
Exceptions:
1.3.2. Decimals
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