The Ordinal numbers. -20110627

The ordinal numbers of 1, 2, 3 are 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
Can I wirte write ordinal numbers of 11, 12, 13 like this:
11st,12nd,13rd....
Neal, I am confused!
I always wrote write the ordinal numbers like that.
Am I wrong?







2011-06-27 23:43 Late as usual.

Ordinal numbers. -20110627

The ordinal numbers of 1, 2, 3 are 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
Can I write ordinal numbers of 11,12,13 like this:
11st,12nd,13rd....
Neal, I am confused!
I always wrote these ordinal numbers in that format.
Am I wrong?







2011-06-27 23:43 Late as usual.

Numbers ending with 1 - 'st'   .. except 11th - eleventh

Numbers ending with 2 - 'nd'  .. except 12th - twelfth

Numbers ending with 3 - 'rd'  .. except 13th - thirteenth

The ordinal numbers. -20110627

The ordinal numbers of 1,2,3 are 1st,2nd,3rd.
Can I write ordinal numbers of 11,12,13 like this:
11st,12nd,13rd....
Neal, I am confused!
I always wrote the ordinal numbers like that.
Am I wrong?

Ist = first 2nd = second, 3rd =third as you can see we take the last two letters of the written word and add it to the number to write ordinal numbers.

But 11th = eleventh 12th = twelfth 13th = thirteenth so we use 'th' after these numbers. We use 'st' 'nd' and 'rd' when the ordinal number contains the words first, second, third so you can write 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, etc.all  the rest take 'th'







2011-06-27 23:43 Late as usual.

The ordinal numbers. -20110627

The ordinal numbers of 1,2,3 are 1st,2nd,3rd.
Can I write ordinal numbers of 11,12,13 like this:
11st,12nd,13rd....
Neal, I am confused!
I always wrote the ordinal numbers like that.
Am I wrong?

Sunny, the ordinal number series has just a few exceptions.

Numbers ending with 1 - 'st'   .. except 11th

Numbers ending with 2 - 'nd'  .. except 12th

Numbers ending with 3 - 'rd'  .. except 13th

ALL the rest -  'th'