NUMERAL ADJECTIVES.

Words used in counting, are called _numeral adjectives_ of the

_cardinal_ kind; as, _one, two, three, four, twenty, fifty,_ &c.

Words used in numbering, are called _numeral adjectives_ of the

_ordinal_ kind; as, _first, second, third, fourth, twentieth, fiftieth,_

&c.

NOTE. The words _many, few_, and _several_, as they always refer to

an indefinite number, may be properly called _numeral adjectives_ of

the indefinite kind.

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