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Grapepark Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

in number

Is it rigt when we want to say the number of something?
The apples are 10 in number.
  

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That's not wrong, but it is very fancy and literary English. In natural,everyday English, we say eg There are 10 apples. Clive

  • That's not wrong, but it is very fancy and literary English.
  • In natural,everyday English, we say eg There are 10 apples.
  • Clive
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That's not wrong, but it is very fancy and literary English.

In natural,everyday English, we say
eg There are 10 apples.

Clive

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