Incorrect spelling

30rd

Incorrect spelling, explanation: this form is an incorrect one because to add suffix -rd in order to create an ordinal number, we need the word to end with three (for example 43, 983, 48583, etc.). The word thirty doesn’t have three in it so the suffix for the ordinal number is regular: -th. Therefore the correct form is 30th, not 30rd.


Correct spelling

30th

Correct spelling, explanation: there are several suffixes used to create ordinal numbers: -st, -nd, -rd, and -th. First three of them are reserved respectively for numbers one, two, and three (and all numbers which include these at the end, like 51, 62, 93, etc.), and suffix -th is used to any other number. For this reason, the correct ordinal form of the number 30 is 30th and not 30rd, since there is no three in the word thirty.

Definition of 30th:
numeral, the ordinal number between 29th and 31st
Jack was very successful being 30th in this international programming contest.
Paris is the 30th city Mary has lived in. That’s a lot of places to live!


Incorrect spelling

30st

Incorrect spelling

Incorrect spelling

30nd

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