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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Adjectives and Numbers
I am curious why a number, which are adjectives and tell how many are often stated as a thing. For example, why is the number 2-3/8 read as "two and three-eigths". The fractional part sounds like a thing but numbers don't tell us things, so it is confusing to me. Can someone please explain. Thanks already for the help
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Your question is almost a philosophical one. Numbers don't fit conveniently into the classification scheme for parts of speech. Numbers are things, but they are abstract things.
- Your question is almost a philosophical one.
- Numbers don't fit conveniently into the classification scheme for parts of speech.
- Numbers are things, but they are abstract things.
- They are like nouns used as adjectives.
- , in set theory, the numbers represent the "cardinalities" of sets.
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Your question is almost a philosophical one. Numbers don't fit conveniently into the classification scheme for parts of speech. Numbers are things, but they are abstract things. They are like nouns used as adjectives.
[As I recall, mathematically, i.e., in set theory, the numbers represent the "cardinalities" of sets. That is, what all instances of "25", for example, have in
[As I recall, mathematically, i.e., in set theory, the numbers represent the "cardinalities" of sets. That is, what all instances of "25", for example, have in
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