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Thebrave1 Posted 11 years ago
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How manith?

Hi all,

What is the question of the answer "This the fifth"

Should/can I say "How manith girl is this?"
Or should I say something else?
  

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thebrave1 Should/can I say "How manith girl is this? No. This question has been asked so many times, I cannot count them all.

  • thebrave1 Should/can I say "How manith girl is this?
  • No.
  • This question has been asked so many times, I cannot count them all.
  • There is no direct way to ask for an ordinal position in English.
  • It has to be asked indirectly, depending on what the ordered objects are.
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thebrave1Should/can I say "How manith girl is this?
No.

This question has been asked so many times, I cannot count them all.

There is no direct way to ask for an ordinal position in English. It has to be asked indirectly, depending on what the ordered objects are.

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