12nd or 12th, which is correct?

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Meaning of 12th

In linguistics, 12th or twelfth is an ordinal numeral used to signify the order or position, in this case, position 12.

Example of 12th in a sentence:

Jeremy is currently 12th in his school race.

This means that Jeremy is in the twelfth position with 11 runners ahead of him.

Other examples of ordinal numerals are first (1st rather than 1th), second (2nd, not 2rd), third (3rd not 3th), fifth (5th) and so on.

How do I spell correctly – 12th or 12nd?

This is a word or statement that people often get wrong. But bare with me, it is not that hard to get it right and learn it well

The correct spelling of this word is 12th. 

12nd is incorrect. It is likely that the person who writes 12nd means the same thing when they do, however this is wrong.

Remember to use the ending “th” when writing this word down.

Sound it out

A simple way to know which is right is to simply try to speak them out loud.

12th – when you say “twelfth”, it sounds right, doesn’t it?

12nd – try saying “twelve – nd”. It does not quite have the right ring to it.

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