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Lobo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

The number!

The following is the list of Presidents in the same order
1) Steve
2) Robert
3) Jack
4) Adam
I know about Jack but I don't know he was the THIRD president!
What should be the question to get the answer:
Jack was the THIRD President.
  

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Please see How to ask the ordinal number for a long discussion on this. To summarise there is no easy way to ask this in English. We do not have any specific word to ask a 'number order ' question like this.

  • Please see How to ask the ordinal number for a long discussion on this.
  • To summarise there is no easy way to ask this in English.
  • We do not have any specific word to ask a 'number order ' question like this.
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Please see How to ask the ordinal number for a long discussion on this.

To summarise there is no easy way to ask this in English. We do not have any specific word to ask a 'number order ' question like this.
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Is this correct?

In which order is Mr. Jack placed among the presidents?

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