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Quangtn03 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

How to use numbers in English?

hello guys.
I have an trouble with the numbers. I don't know how to use them accurately. Could you help me?
I will past an example right here for you. Can you explain the using of it? Thank you all, guys.

ExamleEmotion: sadin a dictionary)
six {speaker} number
1 / 6:
The answers are on page six. • There are six of us for dinner tonight. • They have six cats. • My son is six (years old) next month. • She lives at 6 Elm Drive. • a birthday card with a big six on it
2 / six- (in compounds) having six of the thing mentioned:
She works a six-day week.
  

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Hi, Are you saying that you don't understand some of those sentences? Which ones? Why don't you write some sentences yourself and post them here.

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Hi,

Are you saying that you don't understand some of those sentences? Which ones?

Why don't you write some sentences yourself and post them here. We will check them for you.

Best wishes, Clive
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Thank your editting. Firstly, you said correctly with my trouble. I don't know how to use the number "6" in those examples. The dictionary don't tell me which speech of number 6 is? just: Number and some examples.
Here my enquiry:

Thank you two or thank you all.
The using of "two" and "all" in two sentences.
all of you. two you, or you two... It's so confusing.
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Hi,

Thank your editting. Firstly, you said correctly with my trouble. I don't know how to use the number "6" in those examples. The dictionary don't tell me which speech of number 6 is? just: Number and some examples.
Here my enquiry:

Thank you two or thank you all.
The using of "two" and "all" in two sentences.
all of you. two you, or
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Six is a noun, and it is also an adjective in front of a noun.

I needed eggs. I bought six. I bought six eggs.

I want to thank the six of you.

I want to thank all six of you.

I want to thank all of you.

I want to thank six of you.

I want to thank you six.



Clive, if you don't mind, you can
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Hi,

if you don't mind, you can explain these using of "six". As I see:

I want to thank the six of you: means that six people stand in a group including more six people. It means the speaker is talking to six people. It doesn't mean there are more than six people there.

I want to th
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Im saying in a sentence that read, " please bring twenty-five mugs or read 25 mugs. I forgot the rule on when your write out numbers.
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Hi,

There's no rule, just suggestions for style. Here, I'd write the number '25'.

Best wishes, Clive
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CliveHi,

There's no rule, just suggestions for style. Here, I'd write the number '25'.

Best wishes, Clive

There are rules. I don't agree with all of them.

1. Write out the numbers up to nine, unless there are other numbers written as numerals. There are nine cats. There were 25 cats but now there are only 9.

2. Numbers
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