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English Fractional Numerals
A decimal fraction is a number written in base 10 using the decimal point to separate the whole number part from the fractional part. For example: 3.75 is a decimal fraction where 3 is the whole number part and .75 is the fractional part.
English Cardinal Numerals
In English, cardinal numerals can be formed using both simple and compound forms:Simple cardinal numerals: are formed by using a single word to represent a number. Examples include one, two, three, and so on. Compound cardinal numerals: are formed by combining two or more simple numerals to create a new number.
What is a Numeral?
In linguistics, the term numeral refers to a word or phrase that represents a number or quantity. Numerals can be used as a part of speech in a sentence, just like nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. In English, there are two types of numerals: cardinal and ordinal. Cardinal numerals represent a quantity or number, such as one, two, three, etc. Ordinal numerals represent the order of things, such as
Usage of the constructions with Adjectives
The conjunction than is used for forming the degree of comparison adjectives and shape the quality between objects in comparison: This book is more interesting than that one.
How to form the Degrees of Comparison
Here are the general rules of orthography for forming the comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives with er and est endings: