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English date:How to write the small letters after the number
You probably already know to write the date in English: (American English)
Monday, April 25th 2020
Thursday, May, 21st 2016
But how can I choose the red part?
It's very easy 
Monday, April 25th 2020
=
Monday, the twenty-fifth of April 2020
1st, 2nd, 3rd are ordinal numbers - numbers which allow us to define a thing's position in a series.
You should learn them. They are below:
| 1st | first  |
| 2nd | second |
| 3rd | third (from 'three') |
| 4th | fourth |
| 5th | fifth (from 'five') |
| 6th | sixth |
| 7th | seventh |
| 8th | eighth (ONE 't') |
| 9th | ninth (NO 'e') |
| 10th | tenth |
| 11th | eleventh |
| 12th | twelfth (from 'two') |
| 13th | thirteenth |
| 14th | fourteenth |
| 15th | fifteenth |
| 16th | sixteenth |
| 17th | seventeenth |
| 18th | eighteenth |
| 19th | nineteenth |
| 20th | twentieth (Warning: -y => -i) |
| 21st | twenty-first |
| 22nd | twenty-second |
| 23rd | twenty-third |
| 24th | twenty-fourth |
| 25th | twenty-fifth |
| 26th | twenty-sixth |
| 27th | twenty-seventh |
| 28th | twenty-eighth (one 't') |
| 29th | twenty-ninth (NO 'e') |
| 30th | thirtieth |
| 31st | thirty-first |
Monday, April 24.. 2036
The number ends in "-th". The correct spelling is:
Monday, April 24th 2036
(Monday, the twenty-fourth of April 2036)
Be careful with these ordinal numbers: 11th, 12th and 13th.
Good luck!
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