IN SH THE NUMBER OF THE DAY - ORDINAL NUMBERS first 11 eleventh 2* twenty-first 2 second 12 twelfth 22 twenty-second 3 third 13 thirteenth 23d twenty-third 4 fourth 145 fourteenth 24h twenty-fourth 5 fifth 15 fifteenth 25 twenty-fifth 6 sixth 16th sixteenth 26th twenty-sixth 7 seventh 17th seventeenth 27th twenty-seventh 8 eighth 18 eighteenth 28 twenty-eighth 9 ninth 19th nineteenth 29th twenty-ninth 10 tenth 20 twentieth 30 thirtieth 31" thirty-first For dates in spoken English, we always use an ordinal number for the day. We say: Fourth of July ndo * Four of July