How manyth

what I mean is if anyone wants to ask a question to know the ordinal position of something or someone in a list or group, how is that to be asked.. For example, 'A' is the third son of his parents and B doesn't know this. If B wants to know it how should he ask A about it.

sidpmn123Is there a similar expression like "how manyth" in English

No there isn't.

sidpmn123 Is there a similar expression like "how manyth" in English, which understandably a wrong language expression ?

Do you mean "manyth" as a sort of general ordinal? If so, it is wrong. "Many" may be a noun - "the many", a pronoun - a large number of people or things, or an adjective - many, more, most, but it cannot be an ordinal "manyth", i.e. to have

sidpmn123 Is there a similar expression like "how manyth" in English, which understandably a wrong language expression ?

This is a very popular question. If you type "how manyth" into Google you will find a lot more discussion.

Ok.... Thank you all...

"He should be particularly happy at any time, &c. &c." This is a sentence from Jane Austen's novel 'Pride and Prejudice'. To me the last &c.&c. doesn't make any sense.. Could any of you tell me what it exactly means...?

"&c" means "etc."; "&c.&c." indicates omitted words that the reader can assume. For example, "He should be particularly happy at any time to dine with them" ... and perhaps he said some additional pleasantries too.

Please put an unrelated new question in a new thread, rather than adding it to the end of an existing thread. Thanks.

Thanks a lot ....!!!!!!! GPY

sidpmn123 Is there a similar expression like "how manyth" in English, which understandably a wrong language expression ?