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The use of the noun “number” in context
Tell me please if the use of the word number is correct and natural in the following context.
Person 1: How many of you are today at work?
Person 2: We are the same number as we were yesterday.
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Tell me please if the use of the word number is correct and natural in the following context.
Person 1: How many of you are today at work?
Person 2: We are the same number as we were yesterday.
word-choice
asked Jan 26 at 11:59
Dmytro O'HopeDmytro O'Hope
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Tell me please if the use of the word number is correct and natural in the following context.
Person 1: How many of you are today at work?
Person 2: We are the same number as we were yesterday.
word-choice
asked Jan 26 at 11:59
Dmytro O'HopeDmytro O'Hope
3,0621931
Tell me please if the use of the word number is correct and natural in the following context.
Person 1: How many of you are today at work?
Person 2: We are the same number as we were yesterday.
word-choice
word-choice
asked Jan 26 at 11:59
Dmytro O'HopeDmytro O'Hope
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asked Jan 26 at 11:59
Dmytro O'HopeDmytro O'Hope
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asked Jan 26 at 11:59
Dmytro O'HopeDmytro O'Hope
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asked Jan 26 at 11:59
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Person 1: How many of you are at work today? (notice word order)
Person 2: We are the same number as yesterday. (This is correct and would be understood although it sounds like something that might have been said in the 19th century.)
Nowadays the following replies would be more likely:
Person 2:
[There's] the same number as yesterday.
[There are] as many [of us] as there were yesterday.
The bracketed parts are optional in informal speech.
answered Jan 26 at 12:55
chasly from UKchasly from UK
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+1 for pegging it as something of an archaism.
– Tᴚoɯɐuo
Jan 26 at 13:42
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That's grammatical but we are the same number is unlikely to be heard in a contemporary conversation.
answered Jan 26 at 13:39
TᴚoɯɐuoTᴚoɯɐuo
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Person 1: How many of you are at work today? (notice word order)
Person 2: We are the same number as yesterday. (This is correct and would be understood although it sounds like something that might have been said in the 19th century.)
Nowadays the following replies would be more likely:
Person 2:
[There's] the same number as yesterday.
[There are] as many [of us] as there were yesterday.
The bracketed parts are optional in informal speech.
answered Jan 26 at 12:55
chasly from UKchasly from UK
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+1 for pegging it as something of an archaism.
– Tᴚoɯɐuo
Jan 26 at 13:42
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Person 1: How many of you are at work today? (notice word order)
Person 2: We are the same number as yesterday. (This is correct and would be understood although it sounds like something that might have been said in the 19th century.)
Nowadays the following replies would be more likely:
Person 2:
[There's] the same number as yesterday.
[There are] as many [of us] as there were yesterday.
The bracketed parts are optional in informal speech.
answered Jan 26 at 12:55
chasly from UKchasly from UK
2,571313
+1 for pegging it as something of an archaism.
– Tᴚoɯɐuo
Jan 26 at 13:42
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Person 1: How many of you are at work today? (notice word order)
Person 2: We are the same number as yesterday. (This is correct and would be understood although it sounds like something that might have been said in the 19th century.)
Nowadays the following replies would be more likely:
Person 2:
[There's] the same number as yesterday.
[There are] as many [of us] as there were yesterday.
The bracketed parts are optional in informal speech.
answered Jan 26 at 12:55
chasly from UKchasly from UK
2,571313
Person 1: How many of you are at work today? (notice word order)
Person 2: We are the same number as yesterday. (This is correct and would be understood although it sounds like something that might have been said in the 19th century.)
Nowadays the following replies would be more likely:
Person 2:
[There's] the same number as yesterday.
[There are] as many [of us] as there were yesterday.
The bracketed parts are optional in informal speech.
answered Jan 26 at 12:55
chasly from UKchasly from UK
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answered Jan 26 at 12:55
chasly from UKchasly from UK
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answered Jan 26 at 12:55
chasly from UKchasly from UK
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answered Jan 26 at 12:55
chasly from UKchasly from UK
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+1 for pegging it as something of an archaism.
– Tᴚoɯɐuo
Jan 26 at 13:42
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+1 for pegging it as something of an archaism.
– Tᴚoɯɐuo
Jan 26 at 13:42
+1 for pegging it as something of an archaism.
– Tᴚoɯɐuo
Jan 26 at 13:42
+1 for pegging it as something of an archaism.
– Tᴚoɯɐuo
Jan 26 at 13:42
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That's grammatical but we are the same number is unlikely to be heard in a contemporary conversation.
answered Jan 26 at 13:39
TᴚoɯɐuoTᴚoɯɐuo
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That's grammatical but we are the same number is unlikely to be heard in a contemporary conversation.
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That's grammatical but we are the same number is unlikely to be heard in a contemporary conversation.
answered Jan 26 at 13:39
TᴚoɯɐuoTᴚoɯɐuo
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That's grammatical but we are the same number is unlikely to be heard in a contemporary conversation.
answered Jan 26 at 13:39
TᴚoɯɐuoTᴚoɯɐuo
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answered Jan 26 at 13:39
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