General semantics:
– Cardinal Numerals express the idea of an abstract number;
- Ordinal Numerals express the idea of the order of things in succession.
Morphologically unchangeable = have no formal morphological markers
Syntactic functions:
– the Attribute:
) in preposition to a noun;
b) in postposition to some nouns: Cardinal Numerals in postposition to
nouns which denote items within a set of things; Ordinal Numerals in
postposition to certain proper names (e.g. dynasties);
– if they are used as Noun-substitutes they can function as:
– Subject;
– Object;
– Predicative;
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2. A complex sentence has a main clause and one or more adverbial clauses. Adverbial clauses usually come after the main clause:
Her father died when she was very young.
Some subordinate clauses can come in front of the main clause:
Although a few snakes are dangerous most of them are quite harmless.
A sentence can contain both subordinate and coordinate clauses:
Although she has always lived in France, she speaks fluent English because her mother was American and her father was Nigerian
Although (subordinating conjunction)
she has always lived in France (adverbial clause),
she speaks fluent English (main clause)
because (subordinating conjunction)
her mother was American (adverbial clause)
and (coordinating conjunction)
her father was Nigerian (adverbial clause).
