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gilana ([personal profile] gilana) wrote2009-02-25 10:26 pm

Numbers

What range of numbers can be encompassed by:
  • a couple?
  • a few?
  • several?
Any other relative quantity terms that you feel have a fairly narrow scope?  (And is a metric buttload more or less than an imperial buttload?)
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pseudonumbers vs number synonyms.

[identity profile] awhyzip.livejournal.com 2009-02-27 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
I would point out that "a pair" always means exactly 2 to me.