- What do you call words such as “the, an, a, to, and”?
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- What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
In the case of 9 th, the superscript shown is indeed called the 'ordinal indicator' as Matt Gutting has noted in his answer The addition of -th -eth relates to numbers 4 to 20 (and similarly,) and is a suffix to the cardinal number
- word choice - What is the name of the symbols - and gt;?
They can also be called chevrons, or angle brackets While these terms can be interchangeable in a layman's context, and would not look so different when written by hand, there are 4 different symbols in the Unicode standard, and they have different usages In mathematics, "greater than" and "lesser than" would be the correct precise terms
- Named vs called - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
If in addition to being named SoAndSo it usually is called SoAndSo, it still is ok to refer to it as an item named SoAndSo (and also would be ok to refer to it as an item called SoAndSo) But if, although usually called SoAndSo, it actually has some name other than that, then it would be incorrect to refer to it as an “item named SoAndSo”
- questions - What is it called? VS What is it spelled? - English . . .
"What is the method to call it?" does make sense and "How is it called" is valid You would get the answer "You speak its name " So, if you want to know what its name is, the correct question is "What is it called?" *An exceptionally obtuse answer would be "You write the correct letters in the right order," but even "How do I spell that?"
- what it that called in english? | UsingEnglish. com ESL Forum
* is called an asterisk; although sometimes people will use the generic term "star " When it is used in mathematical equations, people say "times " Example 12*2=24 would be read out loud as: Twelve times two equals twenty-four
- What term is used for the closing of a letter?
I would suggest they come in word pairs, i e salutation-valediction and opening-closing When using one of the terms in a word pair it would be proper form to also use the other (although proper form is often not called for, of course) –
- word choice - What Is the Real Name of the #? - English Language . . .
Sometimes it is called the tic-tac-toe sign because of the vertical and horizontal lines drawn in a game of tic-tac-toe are similar pattern to that used in # The sharp is slightly different in that the vertical lines are straight up-down and the cross strokes are inclined calling # a sharp is a misnomer for the pound, or number sign
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