What are the numeral adjectives in the following sentence?: The three pronged approach worked very well.
1 Answer
May 23, 2018
The numeral adjective in the given sentence is "three".
Explanation:
Numeral adjectives are used to determine the exact number of nouns or order in which the noun is.
There are two common types of numeral adjectives:
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Cardinal adjectives give the number of the noun.
#rarr# one, two, three, four... -
Ordinal adjectives give the order of the noun.
#rarr# first, second, third, fourth...
In your sentence, there is one number adjective. The cardinal number three:
The
#color(blue)"three"# pronged approach worked very well.