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Re: KLBC: jabbI'IDwIj wa'DIch



In a message dated 96-04-10 10:42:58 EDT, you write:

>You can use a number as a noun, but the only canon we have for
>that is for numbers uses as quantity, not as a lable. "How many
>dilithium crystals do you want?" "I want four." "What room are
>you staying in?" "I'm staying in room four." It would not be
>okay to say, "I'm staying in four." That would indicate that I
>was staying in four rooms, not room number four.

You forget TKD page 54, which says numbers may be used exactly in this way!

SuStel
Hovjaj 96276.1


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