The sentence is:
George Washington is the first president.
The question is:
How can I form a question such that the answer should be the FIRST?
Is it correct to say:
1. What is the ordinal number of George Washington's presidency?
2. In sequential order, what is the number of George Washington's presidency?
Any suggestion can you give me? Because both sound awkward.
2007-03-11 19:38:30 · 9 answers · asked by block_binder 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Both sound awkward, and are hard to understand. You could say "Washington was the how-many-eth president?" and be understood, but it isn't really a word--and there IS no such word in English.
The easiest way to ask this would just be (for example): "George Washington was the third president, wasn't he?"
2007-03-11 19:48:20 · answer #1 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. What number was George Washington?
2007-03-11 19:45:14 · answer #2 · answered by YahooGuru2u 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Which of our American presidents was George Washington?
Actually, George Washington was the first president under the American Constitution ratified in 1789. We had other presidents before him under the Continental Congress and the Articles of Confederation.
2007-03-11 19:44:50 · answer #3 · answered by Jo L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is George Washington the first president? Oh, which reminds me of the phrase " Does a bear sh*t in the woods?"
2007-03-12 02:18:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Washington was the first president?
The first president of America was George Washington?
Americas first president was George Washington?
Im not sure if thats what you want? Hope it helps somewhat!
Good luck!
2007-03-11 19:43:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In American history, was George Washington the first ,second or third president?
Theres no easy way to ask !!
2007-03-11 19:48:37 · answer #6 · answered by ms.kissel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think maybe you have to add few words behind your sentence like "George Washington is the first president of USA.So you can make quetions like this "Who is the first president of USA ?I Think this is sound better.
2007-03-11 19:49:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What number president G W? We express like this-lah in Malaysia... (Sorry, have no better solutions than the above!)
2007-03-11 21:17:48 · answer #8 · answered by Effendi R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fill the blank - george washington is the ____ president of the u.s.
2007-03-11 19:56:45 · answer #9 · answered by tolitstolites 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋