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Avangi Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
numbers in grammar
My dictionary is very dismissive of cardinal and ordinal numbers, suggesting the terms are archaic. Could someone kindly give me the terms for:
a. numbers used to list items (#1, #2, #3, etc.), or to count.
b. numbers used to quantify a group of things (two birds, 300 pounds of fish)
c. numbers used to designate items in a series (take your second left, she was my fourth child)
Thank you kindly, - A.
a. numbers used to list items (#1, #2, #3, etc.), or to count.
b. numbers used to quantify a group of things (two birds, 300 pounds of fish)
c. numbers used to designate items in a series (take your second left, she was my fourth child)
Thank you kindly, - A.
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Hi, I don't see anything archaic about cardinal and ordinal . Does your dictionary not follow through and offer alternatives? Time to get a new dictionary, perhaps.
- Hi, I don't see anything archaic about cardinal and ordinal .
- Does your dictionary not follow through and offer alternatives?
- Time to get a new dictionary, perhaps.
- Clive ed: orduinal
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Hi,
I don't see anything archaic about cardinal and ordinal. Does your dictionary not follow through and offer alternatives?
Time to get a new dictionary, perhaps.
I don't see anything archaic about cardinal and ordinal. Does your dictionary not follow through and offer alternatives?
Time to get a new dictionary, perhaps.
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