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序數(ordinal numbers)用來表達「第幾個」的順序,常作形容詞放在名詞前,如 the first day
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基本拼寫:多數在數字後加 -th;不規則:1→first(1st), 2→second(2nd), 3→third(3rd)
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拼寫變化:five→fifth, nine→ninth, twelve→twelfth, twenty→twentieth(y→ieth)
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特指常加 the:on the third floor, the 21st century;與所有格時不加 the:my first bike
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日期常見:May 1st / the first of May;複合序數僅最後一個詞變序數並加連字號:twenty-first