Here we convert the cardinal number one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven (1997) to an
ordinal number. This is useful if you want to use the number 1997 as an
adjective when you speak or write it.
There are two ways of writing 1997 as an ordinal number, either with letters
and numbers or just letters as follows:
1997th
one thousand nine hundred ninety-seventh
When would you be using the ordinal instead of the cardinal version of 1997
you ask?
You use 1997 (cardinal) if you are describing how many of something, and you use 1997th (ordinal) if you
are describing a position or rank of something.
Like we mentioned above, remember to use the ordinal version of 1997 when
1997 is used as an adjective.
Convert 1998 cardinal to ordinal
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