tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post2919992117360542844..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Fun With Numbers: David CameronMark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-68489195371857772892014-10-21T21:35:19.521+01:002014-10-21T21:35:19.521+01:00H, my mistake, sorry, I have amended.H, my mistake, sorry, I have amended.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-34347821052257285232014-10-21T20:28:23.657+01:002014-10-21T20:28:23.657+01:00p156, that isn't a cow, it hasn't got an u...p156, that isn't a cow, it hasn't got an udder.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-65627813349098514462014-10-21T11:20:01.028+01:002014-10-21T11:20:01.028+01:00I suppose I'm just being obtuse, but surely £3...I suppose I'm just being obtuse, but surely £300 million divided by (say) two million is £150, not £1.50? Am I just being thick?Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146808185620364646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-33097072430436006212014-10-20T21:52:41.834+01:002014-10-20T21:52:41.834+01:00"The plural is only definitive at leat two wh..."The plural is only definitive at leat two when we talk about something indivisible, like cows."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rockingchairranchcattle.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=304:whole-half-cows&catid=47:structure&Itemid=282" rel="nofollow">THE PERKS OF ORDERING ONE OF OUR WHOLE OR HALF COWS</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-70971958988103412292014-10-20T18:35:18.939+01:002014-10-20T18:35:18.939+01:00Yes, but "kilograms" is anything over on...Yes, but "kilograms" is anything over one kilogram, as in "1.01 kilograms"<br /><br />Numbers are no longer pluralised, so we talk about "two million" when we used to talk about "two millions" but that doesn't mean that 1.01 million isn't "millions" in the same way as 1.01 kilograms is "kilograms". The plural is only definitive at leat two when we talk about something indivisible, like cows.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-14846817635565146272014-10-20T18:18:18.127+01:002014-10-20T18:18:18.127+01:00B, I think that "millions" must be at le...B, I think that "millions" must be at least two million.<br /><br />You wouldn't call 13 or 14 "dozens", "dozens" means at least 24.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-24870695745330440032014-10-20T15:27:50.185+01:002014-10-20T15:27:50.185+01:00If you're going to be pedantic, anything over ...If you're going to be pedantic, anything over one million can be referred to as "millions".Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.com