Believer Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
number as adjective or sort of determiner
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00 I have trouble distinguishing between situation where a number seems to be an adjective and where it seems to be sort of a determiner. 02 br
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00 He took one apple home. 02 br
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00 Wow, it is a one gigantic apple you got in your hand. 0-
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00 I have trouble distinguishing between situation where a number seems to be an adjective and where it seems to be sort of a determiner. 02 br
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00 He took one apple home. 02 br
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00 Wow, it is a one gigantic apple you got in your hand. 0-
Top answer
0 Hi Believer 02 br 00 I have managed to live all my life without distinguishing a number used as a numeral from a number used as a determiner. 02 i 02 br 00 CB 010id 1
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0 Hi Believer 02 br
00 I have managed to live all my life without distinguishing a number used as a numeral from a number used as a determiner. If I tried to do pointless things like that, I would probably have a constant headache. 05 0 00 It's far more important for a layman to use numerals 01 u 00 correctly 02 u 00 : 01 i 00 It is a gigantic apple you 01 b
00 I have managed to live all my life without distinguishing a number used as a numeral from a number used as a determiner. If I tried to do pointless things like that, I would probably have a constant headache. 05 0 00 It's far more important for a layman to use numerals 01 u 00 correctly 02 u 00 : 01 i 00 It is a gigantic apple you 01 b
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0 Thank you, CB. I might have been confused since I was trying to digest too much information in a too short period of time. (That does sound lame, doesn't it?) 02 br
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00 Why is the definite article seems correct to be placed here but an indefinite article doesn't seem to correct to be placed there? I think in most cases, 'a' can be easily replaced with the word 'one'. If 'th
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00 Why is the definite article seems correct to be placed here but an indefinite article doesn't seem to correct to be placed there? I think in most cases, 'a' can be easily replaced with the word 'one'. If 'th
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0 The word 'one' can be used emphatically: 02 br
01 i 00 - That is one gigantic apple youv'e got there! 02 i 02 br
00 (The apple you've got is really gigantic!) 02 br
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00 In your sentence, you need to leave out the second 'apple' since the word 'one' means 'apple': 02 br
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01 i 00 - That is one gigantic apple youv'e got there! 02 i 02 br
00 (The apple you've got is really gigantic!) 02 br
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00 In your sentence, you need to leave out the second 'apple' since the word 'one' means 'apple': 02 br
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01 i 00 It is a gigantic apple you've ve got i
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0 Thank you, Yankee. 02 br
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00 Moderator, please delete my previous empty post. I don't know what happened. I think I was typing (or was trying to type) and in the middle of it, my writing disappeared and then, it appeared as a post. 02 br
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00 You wrote: 02 br
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00 The word 'one' can be used emphatically: 02 br
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00 Moderator, please delete my previous empty post. I don't know what happened. I think I was typing (or was trying to type) and in the middle of it, my writing disappeared and then, it appeared as a post. 02 br
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00 You wrote: 02 br
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00 The word 'one' can be used emphatically: 02 br
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