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Plurality of numbers 英语量词复数使用方法
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Catherine: Hello, welcome to Question and Answer of the week! I'm Catherine and with me today is Feifei.
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Catherine: Today's question is from Erik in Taipei.
Feifei: 今天的问题来自台北的 Erik. 他想知道用英语谈论数字的时候,什么时候该用复数,什么时候又该用单数?
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Hi, I'm Erik from Taipei. I would like to know something about the authentic usage of plurality of numbers. Is it: minus two degree, or minus two degrees; two point two three yard, or two point two three yards? On blogs or microblogs, is it minus one character left, or minus one characters left? And do we say zero kilometre, or zero kilometres? Thank you!
Catherine: Wow – that's a lot of questions, Erik.
Feifei: Erik 的问题看上去很多,但其实这些问题的语言点都是一样的。下面我们逐一解答。第一个问题是什么呢?
Catherine: Erik asked: is