Ordinal number

Chronologically, which president of the United States was Abraham Lincoln?

(Does that make any sense to say? That's the best answer I can come up with for now. By the way, great question. It has me stumped for the moment. )

It sounds a bit unusual, but ordinally is a legitimate adverb. Ordinally which president was Lincoln? Or: which president was Lincoln in order/in sequence?

CadzaoAbraham Lincoln is the 16th president of the United States of America.

Suppose I didn't know he is the 16th president, what question can I ask to get it?

Hi Cadzao

I can guess English is not your native language and in your mother tongue there probably is a neat way to ask the question. (In mine

Cool Breeze

Cadzao
Abraham Lincoln is the 16th president of the United States of America.

Suppose I didn't know he is the 16th president, what question can I ask to get it?

Hi Cadzao

I can guess English is not your native language and in your mother tongue there probab

Hi Inchoateknowledge

Indeed, yes. By the way, the spelling is Finno-Ugrian or Finno-Ugric.
(Isn't your 'name' a little long and impractical? Have you ever considered changing it to Warm Breeze?)

How about "What number president was Lincoln?" (I agree that "how manyeth" would be a useful way to ask this, and children, who over-generalize rules, so say things like this. Wish we had it as a real word!) We've had similar questions about how you ask where you fall in your family in birth order. There's no elegant way to do it.

Cadzao
Abraham Lincoln is the 16th president of the United States of America.

Suppose I didn't know he is the 16th president, what question can I ask to get it?

The correct way of asking this is:

1. George was the first in the group: Which was George in the group?


2. Abr

A variation on GG's:

What number was Lincoln in the presidents' sequence/line?

but I have to say this is a bit pretentious.

Also:

Where was/is Lincoln in the presidents' sequence/line?

Hi guys,

I believe this was discussed before, there's a thread somewhere if you search.

Wikipedia has an interesting list of US presidents by order of height. In this, Lincoln ranks first. In other words, you definitely need to specify the order, eg chronological from 1776.

Did you know that George W. is 6 feet 2 inches? I always think of him as a small man.

No way he is 6 feet and 2 inches. Maybe he's shranked a lot. I think that people start shrinking when they reach 30 years old.