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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Asking a question

for an example say i am the 19th president in a country.but you dont know that. so how can some one ask which president am i?

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Hi, Uese the search box at thge top right to look for presidents ordinal and you'll find a number of discussions about this. eg There's really no simple and direct way to ask. Best wishes, Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, Uese the search box at thge top right to look for presidents ordinal and you'll find a number of discussions about this.
  • eg There's really no simple and direct way to ask.
  • Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,

Uese the search box at thge top right to look for presidents ordinal and you'll find a number of discussions about this.

eg

There's really no simple and direct way to ask.

Best wishes, Clive
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Which number president are you?

CJ
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Hi CJ,

I'm number 19 (I wishEmotion: smile).

But in previous discussions, people with this question have usually wanted to know
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CliveBut in previous discussions, people with this question have usually wanted to know how to force the answer to be an ordinal number.
Yes, and I contributed to some of those discussions myself. Nevertheless, since then, I actually heard (on TV) someone ask the question exactly that way (and they got the ordinal as the answer!), and I thought, "Final
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This is the how manieth time the question has been asked?

Emotion: stick out tongue
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Grammar Geekhow manieth
Hee! Good one, GG! Emotion: smile

CJ
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What number president are you? is better than yours.

O.Abootty
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You can ask What number president of the USA is Obama?

O.Abootty
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Hi,

But you might just get the answer '44'.

Clive
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Obama will reply he is not a "number president" of USA. He will say he is "the real president" of USA
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