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Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis... by slothtrop on Friday June 21, 2024 @08:59PM (#40755329)
Many is not a number.
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Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis... by r0s on Friday June 21, 2024 @09:03PM (#40755346)
Is any word a number?
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Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis... by djbusby on Friday June 21, 2024 @09:25PM (#40755431)
Four is pretty good. Same count as it is (in English). I think it's neat.
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Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis... by slothtrop on Friday June 21, 2024 @09:05PM (#40755356)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeral_(linguistics)

I'm not sure what your point was, but mine is that it doesn't necessarily represent a significant amount.

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Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis... by r0s on Friday June 21, 2024 @09:14PM (#40755382)
Oh, I thought you were making a non-sequitur semantic context shift, my mistake.
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