on 21st vs on 21th

The correct phrase is "on 21st." The ordinal number for 21 is "twenty-first," so it should be written as "on 21st." The use of "21th" is incorrect in English.

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on 21st

This phrase is correct in English.

This phrase is used to indicate a specific date, such as "on 21st of June."

Examples:

The event will take place on 21st of December.
I have an appointment on 21st of this month.
She was born on 21st of August.
The deadline is on 21st of October.
We will meet on 21st of next week.

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Maé was born on 21st September 1994 in Paris, France.
Joseph Mohr is ordained to priesthood on 21st August 1815.
In addition, following Council Decision 599 on 21st June 2005, a complementary amount of EUR 90 million from the intra ACP allocation was reallocated to finance devolution.
If this axis were to remain stable the vernal equinox on 21st March would be a fixed point in space.
The first of the two events was held in Belgium on 21st June.
William Haywood was indicted for stealing, on 21st August last, one pair of plated chariot harness, valued ten shillings, the property of William Champion Crespigny Esquire.
Flights to Lima started on 21st June 2011.
A Romanesque church consecrated on 21st April 1163.
Namibia was the last African country to reach independence on 21st March 1990.
The video premieres on 21st September.
Registrations for both competitions will expire on 21st March 2019.
Was made on 21st of June, 1989 - a week or so after the first repair.
Once such event is the Taiwan International Beauty Show and Industry Forum, scheduled to begin this year on 21st September at the Taipei World Trade Centre.
blink-182 will play in Stockholm on 21st June 2017
The Apparition at Knock took place on 21st August, 1879, eight years after Pontmain in 1871.
And it was with this beautiful fire-red suit that, on 21st April 1982, the LANCIA RALLY 037 was introduced to the public.
Founded on 21st August 1931, its senior team currently plays in the LigaPro, the second tier of the Portuguese football.
The second edition of the Aosta Valley mountainbike marathon will be on 21st July 2019.
So it is that on 21st. November 1832 the Institute of the Sisters of Charity is born at Casa Gaia, later called 'Conventino'.
But his illness overtook him and forced him to stop at Buonconvento on 21st August, 1313.

on 21th

This phrase is incorrect in English.

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I was born in Marseille on 21th June 1985 and I shoot since 1998.
An important conference on the presentation of the latest innovations in printing processes was held in Wieliczka, near Krakovia, on 21th and 22th of September.
In 2007 he won the gold at the World Cup of Maribor and he become father of a girl, Estela. She was born on 21th March.
The museum was planned by Giuseppina Guasco and it took her name. It was opened on 21th September 2002.
The system tests will be carried out, exclusively on the functions illustrated during the Workshop, for a period of three working weeks and will end on 21th October 2011.
Both the press conference (on 21th of September, at 3.30 p.m.) and the opening (on 22th of September, at 6.00 p.m) are at "Circolo dei Lettori", in Palazzo Graneri, Turin - 9, Bogino Street.
In 2004 he was the Olympic Bronze Medallist at the Summer Olympic Games of Athens. The same year, on 21th November, he become father for the second time, he got another girl, Adriana.
On 21th July 2017, the Italian Ministry of Health transmitted the positivity to influenza A virus type H5N8 subtype in Lombardy, in the province of Mantua.
On 21th June 2013 he married Marijana and the same year he participated at the World Championship who took place in Lima where he won the silver medal for the trap event.
Lawyer trainee Ana Barac was born on 21th October 1991. She finished legal studies at the Faculty of law, University of Rijeka on 2nd of Noveber 2015., obtaining the academic title magister of law.
The Forum was preceded by a seminar on the topic of flexible packaging and flexo printing, which took place on 21th of September.
In several countries, on March 21th events will took place.
It sank on November 21th 1997 off the island of Chios in Greece, with an unknown cargo.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, sent on the 21th May 2010 the spacecraft IKAROS into space.
On September 21th, the traditional Matië market takes place in Ortisei.
This new set was revealed on July 21th in a mermaid themed event that took place in Soho, London.
Born in London (Great Britain) on October 21th, 1969
The lookout tower welcomed its first visitors on the 21th of July, 1889, i.e. precisely two years after Crown Princess Stephanie had visited Karlovy Vary.
The next race on the WSK calendar is the first of the three rounds of the WSK Final Cup also to be held at Lonato on October 21th.
On June 21th, at Hotel Excelsior in Rome, The Gate Visible Connection has organized "Beautiful China Rome Travel Market" in order to promote the South of China.

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