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NickJunior

Senior Member

Khmer

In English, there are various words that means groups of numbers. For example, a dozen, a score, a pair, etc. What's the classification for this type of words? Quantifier? Thanks.

👁 SwissPete

SwissPete

Senior Member

94044 USA

Français (CH), AE (California)

Interesting question! Perhaps this will help, although it it not the answer to your specific query.

👁 Matching Mole

Matching Mole

Senior Member

England, English

Yes, these are examples of quantifiers in linguistics. Other examples are: some, many, all, both, few, three (or any numeric quantifier), a pair of. They are determiners of nouns, or pronouns.

👁 timpeac

timpeac

Senior Member

England

English (England)

Matching Mole said:

Yes, these are examples of quantifiers in linguistics. Other examples are: some, many, all, both, few, three (or any numeric quantifier), a pair of. They are determiners of nouns, or pronouns.

But note that, as Matching Mole says, this is a linguistic distinction - it may well not be understood outside that area (in general speech).

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