Re: [tied] Re: Numerals query again
From:
P&G
Message:
27014
Date:
2003-11-10
> Why "17"? Did anyone menton "17"?
I'm glad someone mentioned 17. Is there any particular reason why Romance
numerals alter the structure at 17? (They change from digit+"ten" to
"ten"+digit). Classical Latin altered at 18, but I don't know if Vulgar
Latin did.
Peter