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Cardinal versus ordinal numbers
Cardinal Ordinal
one 1 first 1st
two 2 second 2nd
three 3 third 3rd
four 4 fourth 4th
five 5 fifth 5th
six 6 sixth 6th
seven 7 seventh 7th
eight 8 eighth 8th
nine 9 ninth 9th
ten 10 tenth 10th

In linguistics, and more precisely in traditional grammar, a cardinal numeral (or cardinal number word) is a part of speech used to count. Examples in English are the words one, two, three, and the compounds three hundred [and] forty-two and nine hundred [and] sixty. Cardinal numerals are classified as definite, and are related to ordinal numbers, such as the English first, second, third, etc.

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