cardinal numbers... determiner or adjective?

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Anonymous  #489377  Sun, 16 Mar 08 02:57 AM

I don't understand this.  Are cardinal numbers adjectives or determiners?  This text book has put cardinal numbers in the group of determiners.

  
Mister Micawber  #489382  Sun, 16 Mar 08 03:21 AM
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Some grammarians class cardinal numbers as adjectives, others as determiners, and yet others as a class of their own. It is a very large (if not infinite) class, but the numerals from 14 on up are formed quite automatically. They are also pronouns.
  
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