Hello all, A colleague of mine has a doubt about the usage of ordinal numbers in English. Which one is correct: 31st or 31th? 41st or 41th (of October) and so forth? I always used 31st/41st etc. but after some research I noticed that 31th/41th etc. appear a lot. Any insights into the usage of...
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I just realized that I’ve never needed to use 31th or 31st in my four years English study. So which one is correct, and what about other alternatives? 31th or 31st 101th or 101st 1001th or 10...
31th or 31st is correct? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Fairly similar later in the 19th century: you'll see Charles Dickens with the format January 31st, 1850 - with the abbreviation for the ordinal (31st) Moving on to the 20th century, you'll see D H Lawrence using the format 28 January 1908, but occasionally we also see 3rd Dec 1907
In contrast, "BY January 31" means any time leading up to the 31st, including the day of the 31st itself, but NO LATER than that day. So, "by January 31" means you can submit it on Jan. 5, or Jan. 10, or Jan. 12, or Jan. 25, or Jan. 27, or Jan. 30, or Jan. 31, but NOT on Feb. 1 or any time later than that.