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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

manieth Is that a word?

Could you tell me if Manieth is a word and how you would ask the following questions?

1How do I know the how manieth an element is?
How do you know what number element that is?
2This is the how manieth time the question has been asked?

3 What ordinal son are you to your father?" I'm his 5th son.

4 For example, what would be the best possible written questions if I'm talking about a meeting and I'd like a person to answer:

The approval was made in "the 5th" annual meeting.

Thank you
  

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"Manieth" is not a word. 1. How do you know which element that is?

  • "Manieth" is not a word.
  • 1.
  • How do you know which element that is?
  • or How do you know that element's atomic number?
  • 2.
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"Manieth" is not a word.

1. How do you know which element that is? or How do you know that element's atomic number?

2. How many times has this question been asked?

3. How many brothers do you have? and then Are you the oldest? which will typically get a response of either "Yes" or "No, I'm the nth".

4. In which annual meetin
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CSnyderUnfortunately, there's no elegant way to ask ordinal number questions in English. This post in the FAQ archive has some more detail:
Elegance is not relevant. If one wants an ordinal-number answer, one just has to specify that.
It's as simple as that!
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What do you mean? Could you write out the question please?

Thanks
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What number prresident of the USA was Abe Lincoln? The answer could be 16 or 16th.
What ordinal-number president of the USA was Abe Lincoln? The only possiblle answer is 16th.

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