16th vs on the 16th

Both "16th" and "on the 16th" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "16th" is used when referring to a specific date, while "on the 16th" is used when indicating an action or event that will happen on that specific date.

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16th

This is correct when referring to a specific date.

This is used to indicate a specific date in a month, such as January 16th or December 16th.

Examples:

My birthday is on the 16th of July.
The deadline for the project is the 16th.

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Further improvements and more elaborate reconstructions took place in the 16th and 17th centuries, especially around the principal square.
The 15th and 16th centuries brought changes to the city's cultural heritage.
They're celebrating the arrival of the 16th Hussars.
Lieutenant Pinson of the 16th Hussars.
This was actually our 16th and 17th anniversary.
First Squad, 1st Platoon, I Company, 16th Infantry.
We kept postponing the 16th until it floated right into number 17.
The boffins have unbuttoned a cipher message from Berlin to the commander of the 16th Army.
Chicago's 16th most eligible bachelor.
Sometimes a 16th of an inch is a thousand degrees.
He had to come from 16th place.
I am running for the 16th district Alderman of West Altadenia in the local upcoming election.
A guy pried open a window on the 16th floor.
THEY HAVE THE MOST FABULOUSMAISON IN THE 16th.
She is only the 16th designated professor to be appointed by the University.
1960: The reorganization process was concluded during the 16th IJK in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Police cars, 16th Precinct, attention.
Which makes every day December 16th.
Reported missing July 16th, 1983.
On 16th avenue assaulting an officer.

Alternatives:

January 16th
December 16th
the 16th of July

on the 16th

This is correct when indicating an action or event that will happen on a specific date.

This phrase is used to specify that something will occur on the 16th of a month.

Examples:

The concert is on the 16th.
We are meeting on the 16th for lunch.

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Your birthday's on the 16th, Holly.
I need someone to cover me on the 16th.
The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela addressed the Summit on the 16th, at 8:40 a.m.Cuban time.
By 09:45 on the 16th, the two groups had reassembled, and began to retreat eastward.
The mistake proposed by this Parliament was made very clear to me at the meeting on the 16th, with Commissioner Wallström and yourself.
Vince has tickets for Hawaii on the 16th.
Married on the 16th of April.
By the way, enjoy your colonoscopy on the 16th.
So the heating guy is coming on the 16th.
Giuseppe Bifolchi died at Avezzano on the 16th March 1978.
1850 - "Stiffelio" in Trieste on the 16th November.
He returns to Kraków on the 16th of March.
But on the 16th day of the next month he will return.
But I got in the tank on the 16th, and it was night already.
The only armoured division still in reserve, 2nd DCR, attacked on the 16th.
In 1870 he makes his military service and on the 16th June of '72 he hastily marries Marie Moulle.
He died during a stay in Bagno a Ripoli, close to Florence, on the 16th of July 1924.
If we had entered in the room on the 16th of December 1565, in front of our eyes would be opened wide a great show.
After his abdication he retired again to the monastery of Thomieres, where he died on the 16th of August 1147 (Gesta Com.
It would leave Bordeaux on the 16th of May with 165 tons of various goods.

Alternatives:

on January 16th
on December 16th
on the 16th of July

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