When do you write cardinal numbers?

[ndee]

OK, having a discussion with a girl friend. When do you write Cardinal numbers in English? Let's say you write a formal letter, how do you write the date?

18th January or 18 January ?

 

[IcemanJer]

January 18.

🙂

 

[ndee]

damn.... I was wrong hehe

 

[Pepsi90919]

no, you're just writing it the european way.

 

[ndee]

so 18th January is the European way?

 

[hdeck]

18 January 2004 would be how the rest of the world other than the US writes it

 

[fyleow]

18 January 2004 actually makes more sense...

18th of January in the year 2004

 

[ndee]

and the US way is 18th January? weird.

 

[Flyermax2k3]

Originally posted by: ndee
and the US way is 18th January? weird.

no, it's January 18th

 

[emmpee]

Originally posted by: ndee
and the US way is 18th January? weird.

Nope... they're talking about whether to write "Month Day" or "Day Month", the difference between "January 18" and "18 January".

It seems you're asking about the difference between writing "18th" or "18", which nobody here has covered.

 

[ndee]

ah, yeah, January 18th I meant in my previous post. I'm talking about the Cardinal numbers.

 

[CubicZirconia]

Originally posted by: ndee
ah, yeah, January 18th I meant in my previous post. I'm talking about the Cardinal numbers.

You wouldn't write the th in a letter.

 

[Chaotic42]

In a letter you would do it like this:
--
January 18, 2004

Dear Sir,
--

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: CubicZirconia

Originally posted by: ndee
ah, yeah, January 18th I meant in my previous post. I'm talking about the Cardinal numbers.

You wouldn't write the th in a letter.

ok, thx 🙂