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Ah, yes. Cardinal numbers and ordinal numbers both end in the word "numbers" so they're the same thing. No need to distinguish between having three apples and h
by bregma 4y ago
Ah, yes. Cardinal numbers and ordinal numbers both end in the word "numbers" so they're the same thing. No need to distinguish between having three apples and having the third apple.
- Old_Thrashbarg 4y agoIf you ask most people to just label their apples, they'd call the first one "1", and so on. Very few people would say, "please pass me apple #0".
- goatlover 4y agoAnd if someone did say that to me, I would pass them no apple, since that's how we use everyday language. And if I knew they were a programmer, I'd first ask them in which programming language they'd wish me to pass the apple.