Re: numerals
| From: | Justin Mansfield <jdm314@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, June 25, 2001, 1:10 |
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On Sun, 24 Jun 2001 18:19:18 -0400, Padraic Brown <pbrown@...>
wrote:
>On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, O'Connell James wrote:
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>>I was just wondering...what is the technical term for
>>these form of numeral:
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>I think "numeric adverbs" or similar might work as a
>good catch-all.
Yeah, these are indeed called the adverb form in the tradition of Latin
grammar.
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>>once, twice, thrice...
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>Is there anything beyond thrice?
Well, not in English!
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>>solo, duet, threesome and similar terms
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>_Trio_, quartet, quintet, etc.
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>A threesome is a menage a trois. ;)
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>I recall that "one by one" etc are distributive
>adverbs if that helps any.
>
What's the term for the Celtic forms that mean "group of N people"? I'm sure
there is one.
Justin
>Padraic.
>
>>James