Spell Out Ordinal Numbers

When you re writing out a date like january 1 2016 in the american style the day is written as a cardinal number.

Spell out ordinal numbers. Spelling out ordinal. Ordinal numbers represent a place in a series like first second and third. Hyphenate all compound numbers and fractions.

One thousand 1 000th one thousandth. Seven 7th seventh. Eleven 11th eleventh.

Part of clear communication is making text easy to look at so take it easy on your readers eyes and spell out ordinal numbers under 11. Nineteen eighty seven was an eventful year for me. Ten 10th tenth.

Spell out ordinal numbers up to and including ninth when indicating sequence in time or location e g first kiss 11th hour but not when indicating sequence in naming conventions usually geographic military or political e g 9th u s. Nineteen 19th nineteenth. In the interests of saving space they may also be expressed in numerals in notes and references.

How to write out ordinal numbers in words in us american english using letters instead of numerals here there are a couple of the main ordinal numbers from 1st up to 19th you can find a longer list in the full article. Because ordinal numbers can either be expressed using words or numbers it can be difficult to tell when to use which version. I think of cardinal numbers as the numbers you see on playing cards.

1st first she won first prize 2nd second i live on the 2nd floor 3rd third take the third turning on the left 4th fourth it s his fourth birthday 5th fifth this is the 5th time i ve taken my driving test. Spelling of ordinal numbers. How to spell ordinal numbers those denoting order.