Re: numerals
| From: | Padraic Brown <pbrown@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, June 24, 2001, 22:19 |
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On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, O'Connell James wrote:
>I was just wondering...what is the technical term for
>these form of numeral:
I think "numeric adverbs" or similar might work as a
good catch-all.
>once, twice, thrice...
Is there anything beyond thrice?
>solo, duet, threesome and similar terms
_Trio_, quartet, quintet, etc.
A threesome is a menage a trois. ;)
I recall that "one by one" etc are distributive
adverbs if that helps any.
Padraic.
>James
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