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...but isn't the most salient point of the fifth object that there are 4 objects preceding it? (there could be any number of object after it, and it would remai
by caf 10y ago
...but isn't the most salient point of the fifth object that there are 4 objects preceding it? (there could be any number of object after it, and it would remain the fifth).
- belovedeagle 10y agoTo play devil's advocate -- and let's be clear, confusing ordinals and cardinals really is the devil's work ;) -- there are 5 items not after the fifth item. The ridiculousness of that argument should be evidence enough that the fifth item is item 4.
- andrewflnr 10y agoOnly if you phrase it awkwardly like that. Adding the fifth element creates a set of five elements.