Valinova Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Numbers as adjectives?
Hi, are numbers generally considered adjectives when used as below?
The Tlinget People descended from many of the twenty Native American Pacific tribes.
Their lives were not disturbed much by outsiders for another 170 years.
They spoke about sixty languages belonging to three major native language “families.”
Today, only about four thousand Tlinget people remain and fewer than twelve languages are still spoken.
I would say "yes". Am I incorrect?
The Tlinget People descended from many of the twenty Native American Pacific tribes.
Their lives were not disturbed much by outsiders for another 170 years.
They spoke about sixty languages belonging to three major native language “families.”
Today, only about four thousand Tlinget people remain and fewer than twelve languages are still spoken.
I would say "yes". Am I incorrect?
Top answer
Numbers are actually classified as determiners. But a determiner is a kind of adjective.
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Numbers are actually classified as determiners. But a determiner is a kind of adjective.
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