Right Question For this Answer (about count/rank/order)

What is the ordinal position of Manmohan Sing among the prime Ministers of India?

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Manmohan Singh is the " how manyth" prime minister of India?

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While some comments are on the right track, I would suggest the somewhat simpler: "Ordinally, which prime minister if India is Manmohan Singh?" As mentioned above, cardinal is incorrect as it does not imply any information about order. Cardinal numbers are one, two, three; ordinal numbers are first, second, third.... Regarding the list of presidents in the US, cardinality simply refers to the total number of presidents, forty-four (possibly forty-three, as Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms?).

I wanted to suggest something about order of succession or sequence, but unfortunately, that would be incorrect as it already refers to the order in which other officers fill in if the president or prime minister leaves office. E.g., in the US, the Vice President, then Speaker of the House, etc., are next in the order of succession if the President can no longer serve.

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The correct way to ask is
What is the ordinal position of Manmohan singh among the Prime Ministers of India?
Never say ordinal status as commonly used, because the word status has more deep meaning.
Thank you

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Ha! I got it...

"What number is Manmohan Singh in the succession of Prime Ministers of India?"

This will return "fourteen," but, understanding the intent of the question, many people will probably answer "He's the fourteenth Pime Minister."

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You can ask a question that will give you about the same information: "How many prime ministers of India have there been before Manmohan Singh?" (13)

Or: "How many prime ministers of India have there been?" (14)

If it is multiple choice, then you can ask:

"Which prime minister is Manmohan Singh?

(a) The thirteenth.
(b) The fourteenth.
(c) The fifteenth."

One Web page (no longer up) suggests some questions that are awkward but do the job:

"Which number (of) prime minister of India is Manmohan Singh?"

"With regard to the succession of prime ministers of India, what is the ordinal position of Manmohan Singh?"

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And the correct answer to that question would be: "a moron."

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In the Indian Political History In which numerical order does our Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Comes ?

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The problem is that English is not mathematically complete.... Please forgive me for duplication of info, but I didn't read all comments 'cause I'm lazy (except with apostrophes). What you are looking for is the word "Whicheth" which does not exist. "Whicheth prime minister of India is Manmohan Singh?" is the only question which is guaranteed to yeild the desired response, given that the recipient of your importune is aware of its intended meaning. (Correction apparently somebody has coined the term how-manyth, but I'm biased to whicheth, 'cause I've been using it for years) The problem with "Which prime minister..." is that I could always respond "The one with the grey hair," or some such nonsense, and still answer correctly.

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what is the ordinal status of manmohan singh among the prime ministers of india

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'What is the ordinal number/chronological order of Dr Manmohan Singh as the prime minister/among the prime ministers of India?

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The correct question would be:

What is the ordinal position of Manmohan Singh as the Prime Minister of India?

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Chronologically,which Indian prime minister is Manmohan Sing?

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For what value of n is Manmohan Singh the nth Prime Minister of India?

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what is the numerological position of Manmohan sing among prime ministers of india

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what is the neumorological position of Prime Minister Manmohansing?

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Though it is very tempting to use words like whichth and howmanyeth I believe that the right usage is the word cardinality.

What is the Prime Ministerial cardinality of ManMohan Singh

What is your cardinality of birth

Though the use of the word Cardinality for this particular usage has not been documented in any Dictionary, i believe it has been used by other writers before overlooked during the making of Dictionary

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I am sorry, I correct my last Post

The word is not Cardinality but ORDINALITY

What is the Prime Ministerial ordinality of ManMohan Singh

What is your ordinality of birth

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Jun-Dai is admirably correct. The usage I personally find clearest is, "Which prime minister...."

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which prime minister is Manmohan Singh according to his ordinal status?

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Hmm, it may be a grammatical mistake to troll grammatical questions with political views. :p

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Q. Complete this sentence: "Manmohan Singh is the Fouteenth Prime Minister of..."

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I think,
What is the ordinal position(or number) of Manmohan Sing among the prime ministers of India?

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Forgive me for being didactic about a word that does not even exist, but I believe that if it did exist it would actually be spelled "whichth."

"Whicheth" sounds like the kind of fake King James Bible speech that we used to get in trouble for when we did in church as children: "Blessedeth be-eth they-eth thatteth mourneth, for they-eth shalleth be-eth comforted. Eth."

Heh.

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"What is the ordinal status of Dr.Manmohan Sing among the Prime Minister of India"

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where did we get the right answer?

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I would go for this one:
What number of prime ministerial position does Mr. Manmohan Sing have?
What do u suggest guys?
Thanks
Riz

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Thank you Mr Ramalingamchellia for asking such a question
I olso want to know the same mater. I got the solusionfrom your blog what I am searching for a long time and also thanks to the site

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As a prime minister of India ,Manmohan Singh holds which rank ?

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Jawaharlal Nehru was the first prime minister of India. What number is Manmohan Singh?

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Hi frnd .. the correct question for this would be....

What is Manmohan singh's ordinal as the Prime minister of the India?

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I Think

What is the ordinal position of Manmohan sing among the prime ministers of india ? is the correct usage.

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what is the chronological order of manmohan singh among the PMs of india

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Myself: "What place in succession does Manmohan Singh have?"

You: "I believe he is the fourteenth, my good fellow."

OR, ALTERNATIVELY

You: " I believe he has the fourteenth place in succession, my delightful companion"

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You can get the response you want by asking this question:

What does the following say: 'Manmohan Singh is the Fouteenth Prime Minister of India'?

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Hi,
"Prime Mininsterial Cardianlity" seems to be perfect..

I like other replies too... "how manyth" , "whicheth"

Thank you one and all...

One of my colleagues asked me this question, I posted it here... ;-)

Thank You !

Regards,
Ram.

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The "numerological" position has nothing to do with the order. Numerology is the superstitious occult study of numbers (usually one's birthday) as they affect the outcome of our lives. It's the "astrology" of numbers. I don't think "neumorological" or neumorology is even a word.

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What is the ordinal rank of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh?

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"What is the Prime Ministerial cardinality of ..." ;-)

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Hi,
I Thank You All.
But I couldn't get a result for "ordinality" when I search in

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=ordina...
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dict...

We may use ordinal position instead...

I really appreciate your help. Thanks !

Regards,
Ram.

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Hi Jun-Dai,

Thank you !

I presume the last one to be the most appropriate...

Regards,
Ram.

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I think the simplest one is " Which of the Indian Prime Ministers was Manmohan Singh?"

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What is the ordinal status of Barack Obama as the president of us?

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Alternate take on this:

I was talking to some of my co-workers about this question today (using US Presidents as the example), and someone suggested:

"George Washington was the first President of the United States, and John Adams was the second; what is the current President?"

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Which Prime Minister of India is Manmohan Singh?
What number Prime Minister of India is Manmohan Singh?
I think, these would be sufficient for the expected ordinal numbers.

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i think this is the correct question

What place in succession as a prime minister of india does Manmohan Singh have

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i would like to know right usage in given bellow
1. wat is the prime ministerial cardinality of manmohan singh

2. what is the prime ministerial ordinality of manmohan singh

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Thanks, raybid! You made my day. :D :D

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"How manyth..."

Love it, love it. It is utterly wrong and utterly right at the same time.

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chronologicaly which prime minister is Manmohan singh

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What is the cronological number of Dr. Manmoham Singh being the Prime Minister of India

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WHAT IS THE ORDINAL NUMBER OF MANMOHAN SINGH AMONG THE PRIME MINISTERS OF INDIA?

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the correct usage is

what is the ordinal status of manmohan sing as prime minister of india

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Oops, sorry. That's "Ordinally, which prime minister of India is Manmohan Singh?", "of" not "if".

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I second that raybid!
And thanks Ramalingam for posting the question. I've been asking around my work place for this and no one seems to know. To them it's something they never think [to ask].

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do not understand

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