摘 要: | Numeralsbelongtoapartofspeechwhichincludeswordsdenotingfnumber.Asapartofspeech,numeralsarebetweenadjectivesandpronouns.LikeadjectiYestheycomebetweenadeterminerandanoun:thesejourpeople/fhejifthday.Likepronounstheycan1)beusedsubstantivally,withoutadeterminerattached:twowereabsent/fakethree.(cf.e.g.some),and2)precedeadjectiYes:twojinedays/thethirdannualmeetfng.onlytheirmeaningdistinguishesthenumeralsasaspecialgroup1theydenoteapositionintheseriesinrelationtozeroThechiefclassesofnumeralsarecardina…
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