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Re: Types of numerals

From:R A Brown <ray@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 4, 2006, 14:53
Henrik Theiling wrote:
> Hi! > > Carsten Becker <naranoieati@...> writes: > >>... >>Sure, the "dozen", which is a unit of twelve. English also >>has the "score", which also means 20 items.
..and the "gross" which means 144 (or a dozen dozens :) Also a "grand gross" is 12x12x12 = 1728. When I was a youngster, a "couple" invariably meant 'two, a group of two'. But in contemporary usage it now more often means 'a few' - seems to me a needless loss of precision. -- Ray ================================== ray@carolandray.plus.com http://www.carolandray.plus.com ================================== MAKE POVERTY HISTORY