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Clee62 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
number verb
hi,
I am not sure how to use the verb number in a sentence properly.
Here i found we can say," a delegation numbered 80 from government" to say there are 80 staff members from government.
How about if we say a baseball player whose number is 40, can i say," the player numbered 40 caught the ball", or say," the player number 40 caught the ball." which one is correct?
thanks
I am not sure how to use the verb number in a sentence properly.
Here i found we can say," a delegation numbered 80 from government" to say there are 80 staff members from government.
How about if we say a baseball player whose number is 40, can i say," the player numbered 40 caught the ball", or say," the player number 40 caught the ball." which one is correct?
thanks
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Here i found we can say," a delegation numbered 80 from government" to say there are 80 staff members from government . -- No, you cannot. - - The 2nd one is more correct, but it would actually be ' Player number 40' (no 'the').
- Here i found we can say," a delegation numbered 80 from government" to say there are 80 staff members from government .
- -- No, you cannot.
- - - The 2nd one is more correct, but it would actually be ' Player number 40' (no 'the').
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Here i found we can say," a delegation numbered 80 from government" to say there are 80 staff members from government. -- No, you cannot. You can say this, but it is still rather awkward: 'A government delegation numbering 80.'
How about if we say a baseball player whose number is 40, can i say," the player numbered 40 caught the ball", or say," the player number 40
How about if we say a baseball player whose number is 40, can i say," the player numbered 40 caught the ball", or say," the player number 40
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Thanks Mister Micawber,
I found this sentence in an English dictionary. I don't know if this is different from my sentence.
We numbered 20 (= there were 20 of us in the group).
If that is wrong, can i say "a delegation of 26 visited" instead?
thanks
I found this sentence in an English dictionary. I don't know if this is different from my sentence.
We numbered 20 (= there were 20 of us in the group).
If that is wrong, can i say "a delegation of 26 visited" instead?
thanks
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We numbered 20 (= there were 20 of us in the group).-- This works because 'we' did the numbering ourselves; the delegation as above did not do it—the delegation was counted by the writer.
If that is wrong, can i say "a delegation of 26 visited" instead?- -You can say this.
If that is wrong, can i say "a delegation of 26 visited" instead?- -You can say this.
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