Incorrect spelling, explanation: 72th is an incorrect form because ending th is added to ordinal numbers, which full-word form ends with such sound, for example, 55th (fifty-fifth). With the number seventy-second (72nd) we should use ending nd as in second. Therefore 72nd is the correct form.
Correct spelling, explanation: this form is correct as the ordinal number second ends with nd, and so is every ordinal number, which ends with 2nd. Therefore the correct form is 72nd, not 72th. Ending th is used with most ordinal numbers, but 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Due to this, 72nd is the correct form.
Definition of 72nd:
numeral, the ordinal number between 71st and 73rd
-Do you know how old is Mrs Simons? -She had her 72nd birthday last month.
Mr. Jenkins is a very experienced lawyer. This was his 72nd case.
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