Number (definition)

• for information on numbers for counting see Numerals

Number is a grammatical notion that refers to the quantity of objects described by nouns, i.e., singular, plural,

See Also

• singular
• plural
• Person (definition)

External Links

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_number

References

• Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Crystal, David (1999) The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin.