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Number Part of Speech
March 8, 2013 9:51 am
(@grantbarrett)
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Is a number a noun or an adjective? Even dictionary editors struggle with how to classify parts of speech. Like color, such words often lie along a spectrum, and asking at what point the number seven goes from a noun to an adjective is like asking at what point blue becomes purple. This is part of a complete episode.
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