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The phrase "the first and second" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when you are discussing two things in a set. For example, "The first and second chapters of the novel are especially important to read."
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(a) The first and second PCA axes.
In the first and second, Joe Biden.
List of Errata for the First and Second Printings Only.
HOEPPNER: I passed the first and second state legal examinations.
The first and second reciprocal lattice basis vectors.
Here are the first and second placegetters in the competition.
See the first and second installments in the series.
The first and second responses to BSA were nearly identical.
The first and second layer detectors increase detection efficiency.
The first and second year of the BSc.
Loss probabilities at the first and second stages are calculated.
More suggestions(22)
for the first or second caregiver
in the first and second course
the first and secondary
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the worst and second
the highest and second
the strongest and second
the biggest and second
the largest and second
the nearest and second
the first and second class
the first and necessary
the first and last
the first and primary
the two first
the first 2
the first and third
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