Strange bug

[mcleaver]

I thought I knew all the numbers, having finished primary school, but I think Atlantis has just found a new one. :)

If you type the word LIST in capital letters at the beginning of a line, then for some reason Atlantis decides that the last two letters should be superscript. Is LI a number?

Regards

Martin

[admin]

“LI” is a number in Roman notation corresponding to “51” in Arabic notation.
The next build of Atlantis will superscript Roman ordinals only when the Roman number is in uppercase, and the ordinal component is in lowercase (for example, XXth, LIst).
Thanks.

[mcleaver]

“LI” is a number in Roman notation corresponding to “51” in Arabic notation.

That I did know, but the logic of putting a 'st' afterwards escapes me entirely. I assure you there is no possible reason EVER to adjectivise a Roman numeral like that!

Rgds
Martin

[Robert]

That I did know, but the logic of putting a 'st' afterwards escapes me entirely. I assure you there is no possible reason EVER to adjectivise a Roman numeral like that!

Greetings--
To the best of our knowledge, the following are all possible correct English forms, even though some of them might be quite uncommon (see picture below).
For example, if you Google for "XXth", you'll find tons of Web pages containing such a Roman ordinal.
If you Google for "XXIst", you'll get 110 000 results. For example, you'll find "XXIst British Grand Prix - 1968" at http://www.f1db.com/f1/page/XXIst_Briti ... _Prix_1968
Cheers
Robert

[mcleaver]

If you Google for "XXIst", you'll get 110 000 results. For example, you'll find "XXIst British Grand Prix - 1968" at http://www.f1db.com/f1/page/XXIst_Briti ... _Prix_1968

I despair of my fellow English-writers :)

Rgds
Martin