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NumeralOrdinal numeralAny number term of the form first, second, third, twenty-fifth or five hundredth. The English ordinals are usually called as adjectives. Cardinal numeralA counting number. Examples are: one, two, three, four, seven, twenty etc. After a noun we usually use a cardinal number instead of an ordinal number. This structure is common in titles.
the fourth book – Book Four However, the names of kings and queens are said with ordinal numbers.
Louis XIV: Louis the Fourteenth
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