Indefinite Numeral Adjectives

Indefinite Numeral Adjectives :



Numeral Adjectives show (i) how many persons or things are meant (ii) in what order a person or thing stands.

Numeral Adjectives are subdivided into two main classes.

Definite Numerals
Indefinite Numerals

Definite Numerals denote some exact number.

Those which show how many persons or things (as one, two, three, four, etc.) are called Cardinals.

Those which show the serial order in which a person or thing stands (as first, second, third, etc.) are called Ordinals.

Cardinals…. Ordinals

1. One…. first
2. Two…. second
3. Three…. third
4. Four…. fourth
5. Five…. fifth
6. Six…. sixth
7. Seven…. Seventh
8. Eight…..eighth
9. Nine…..ninth
10. Ten…..tenth
11. Eleven….eleventh
12. Twelve….twelfth
13. Thirteen….thirteenth
14. Fourteen….fourteenth

Indefinite Numerals denote number of some kind without saying precisely what the number is.

1. All
2. Some
3. Enough
4. No
5. None
6. Many
7. Few
8. Several
9. Sundry

The words some, enough, all, no and none are Adjectives of Number or Adjectives of Quantity according to the context.

If the Noun is Material or Abstract, the Adjective is Quantitative. But if the Noun is Common, the Adjective is Numeral.

1. All men are mortal.
2. No men were present.
3. Many men are poor.
4. Several men came.
5. Some men die young.
6. Enough men were present.
7. Few men are rich.
8. Sundry men went away.
9. All people should come to the function.
10. It is enough to have only a few dogs in the show.
11. He has enough apples for dinner.

Quantitative Adjective

1. Much : He had much bread.
2. Little : He had little bread.
3. Enough : He had enough bread.
4. Some : He had some bread.
5. No : He had no bread.
6. All : He had all the bread.
7. Any : Have you had any bread?

Numeral Adjective

1. Many : He had many loaves of bread.
2. Few: He had few loaves of bread.
3. Enough : He had loaves enough.
4. Some : He had some loaves of bread.
5. No : He had no loaves of bread.
6. All : He had all the loaves of bread.
7. Any : Did you bring any loaves of bread? 8. All : Please, bring all the note-books and subject-books with you to school.
9. Any : Have you any of the books written by your father?

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