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### Book edition string for APA style of biblatex in Spanish

I am using the APA style of biblatex for a document written in Spanish. Here is a MWE: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{filecontents} \usepackage[spanish]{babel} \begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}...
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### how to write 1st 2nd 3rd … in siunitx

The title says it all ;-) I would like to be able to something like \SI[certain-number]{18}{\winner} or something like that and get 18'th winner'' in return Edit: added use case scenarios I ...
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### Edit \today in such a way that it displays 1st/2nd/3rd/4th, etc. Month Year

I have found questions where \today has been edited – but in such a way which I do not want to have. Yet, I do not know how to programme it. If I write \today, I do not want to see something like ...
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### Ordinal numbers with small, elevated superscript that don't go above character?

I've used \textsuperscript to represent ordinals like 1st, 2nd, and so forth. Other post here about this: What's the quickest way to write "2nd" "3rd" etc in LaTeX? The ...
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### Evaluate \arabic inside \nth (1st, 2nd… in lists)

I'm trying to define the following environment: \newlist{aims}{enumerate}{1} \setlist[aims,1]{ label={~ \textbullet ~ ~ ~ ~ ~\nth{\arabic*} best ~~~ =}, leftmargin=*, align=left, ...
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### Macro to generate ordinal words from numbers?

Is there a macro available that will turn "1" into "first", "2" into "second", etc. Let's call this macro "wordth". Then, for example, if item number 2 in an enumerate environment is labeled by \...
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### How to draw two \hline and two vertical line?

I want to draw a table with two \hline and two vertical line. But as shown in the figure, the first vertical line do not cross the two hline. How to solve this problem? \documentclass{article} \...
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### What is the correct way to write the abbreviation of “the first”? [duplicate]

I want to write 1st. What is the correct way to do so? 1\textsuperscript{st} \mbox{1\textsuperscript{st}} \mbox{1$^\text{st}$} $1^\text{st}$
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### Drawbacks of xspace

I'm certain I have read that xspace can cause more problems than it solves. But I cannot find anything to that effect either on this site or the web. Are there any drawbacks or risks associated with ...
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### Contest: Show Off Your Skillz in TeX & Friends [TeX.sx birthday]

Submission Deadline and Voting are over, thank you for participating! Results Academic Gonzalo Medina – 31 Andy – 19 cmhughes – 11 mbork – 6 Other Yiannis Lazarides – 38 szantaii – 20 Ant – 15 ...
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### How to change parameters for \textsuperscript{} in french?

I try to put \textsuperscript{ère} with Roman digits everywhere in document but as I understood the command \textsuperscript{} in French makes effect for all symbols except of "è"? This solution ...
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### Typesetting “nth” in LaTeX [duplicate]

Possible Duplicates: What's the quickest and easiest way to write “2nd” “3rd” etc in LaTeX 1st, 2nd and i-th? Is there a standard/best practice for ...
Assume I wish to refer to the i-th object, or the n-th function out of some set, where i and n are letters and not numbers (as in "Multiply the $j$th row with the $i$th column and store the result in ...