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    I wanna know the sibling rank of my friend... How will I ask it? Aside from, " Are you the eldest or youngest?"...Is there another way? also I wanna know the president's rank ( in order) Is she the 4th president? But I don't wanna use the ordinal terms...just wonderin'. thanks!

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    English does not have a word to ask for a specific rank. You must ask which president Polk was.
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    Sorry, but the president's rank is president.
    Isn't it?
    And there is can be only ordinal number. Like 1-st president, last president
    It's like a head of human, It is the one

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