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On 13th vs On the 13th

Both "on 13th" and "on the 13th" are not correct. The correct phrase is "on the 13th." The article 'the' is necessary before the ordinal number '13th' to indicate a specific date.

Last updated: March 25, 2024 • 6213 views

On 13th

This phrase is incorrect in English. The article 'the' is needed before the ordinal number '13th' to indicate a specific date.

The correct phrase is 'on the 13th.' Always use 'the' before ordinal numbers when referring to specific dates.
  • Seven years later, on 13th May, at twelve forty-five...
  • Were you born Susan Walsh on 13th May, 1977?
  • I understand that subsequently the disciplinary board recommended that he be demoted, but, on 13th July 2003, I learned that he had just been dismissed.
  • Furthermore, a team of diplomats from Delhi met the Home Secretary of Orissa in the State capital Bhubaneswar on 13th December 2008 and urged the state government to put precautionary measures in place ahead of Christmas.
  • There's a meth spot on 13th.
  • It's over on 13th somewhere.
  • As tensions grew, spilling over onto the Portuguese escudo, the Spanish authorities requested a realignment on 13th May;
  • I hooked up with her on February 13th.
  • I hooked up with her on February 13th.
  • You were absent on October 13th.
  • Saddam was captured on the 13th, Sunday morning.
  • She slaughtered thousands on June 13th, the day my daughter died.
  • Primatech opened its doors on June 13th for what was to be a three-day summit.
  • When the gold began arriving, on January 13th 1937, there was unprecedented security.
  • On January 13th, these stars coalesced into the first small galaxies.
  • Nobody lives on the 13th floor.
  • Bishop was out of town in Florida on the 13th.
  • I got this from the startup company on the 13th floor.
  • I'm on the 13th floor, don't know exactly where.
  • At midday on the 13th, I have to be at the station bar in Luxeuil.

Alternatives:

  • on the 13th

On the 13th

This phrase is correct in English. The article 'the' is necessary before the ordinal number '13th' to indicate a specific date.

Always use 'the' before ordinal numbers when referring to specific dates. For example, 'The meeting is scheduled for on the 13th of this month.'
  • On the 13th May Parliament examined the report of the Constitutional Affairs Committee on the Commission proposal to amend the 1999 'Comitology' decision.
  • Bishop was out of town in Florida on the 13th.
  • on the 13th session of the UN Human Rights Council
  • on the 13th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
  • I'm on the 13th floor, don't know exactly where.
  • (Elevator bell dings) The Drake's got 12 floors, with the Dorans' penthouse on the 13th.
  • It all started on the 13th of August 1933, in a little village in Bosnia-Herzegovnia.
  • Jake, on the 13th of February, during a daily bullying ritual...
  • on the 13th session of the UN Human Rights Council (B7-0119/2010);
  • It has been brought to my attention that Bishop Jia Zhiguo has again been arrested in China, on the 13th August 2007, by the Chinese government.
  • PE432.976v01-00 B7-0119/2010 European Parliament resolution on the 13th session of the UN Human Rights Council
  • PE432.980v01-00 B7-0123/2010 European Parliament resolution on the 13th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
  • All right, I'm in Newark on the 12th, Modesto on the 13th, Oklahoma City on the 15th.
  • Laima Liucija Andrikienė and José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the 13th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) (B7-0128/2010).
  • on the 13th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (B7-0123/2010);
  • on the 13th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) (B7-0128/2010).
  • So, you're sure they died on the 13th?
  • PE432.985v01-00 B7-0128/2010 European Parliament resolution on the 13th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
  • I'm in Newark on the 12th, Modesto on the 13th...
  • PE432.980v01-00} PE432.981v01-00} PE432.982v01-00} PE432.983v01-00} PE432.985v01-00} RC1 European Parliament resolution on the 13th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council

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