the category of number

prezentatsiya powerpoint the category of number number is a grammatical category of the english noun, which shows whether we speak of one substance or more than one. this grammatical meaning of the category of number is expressed by the opposition of two grammatical number forms: the singular form and the plural form. this opposition is true of many nouns: table - tables, man — men, etc. but if we compare such two phrases as four tables and four minutes we may see that in the first case we really deal with four separate substances. thus, the opposition one table and four tables is that of the opposition of one and more than one. but in the case of four minutes …

This file contains 10 pages in PPTX format (2.0 MB). To download "the category of number", click the Telegram button on the left.