Can I point to a single number and I just want to use the only two-word question ‘What number?’ to ask someone about a number: 1. Can I use that question to ask about a large number in the billions,

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Can I point to a single number and I just want to use the only two-word question ‘What number?’ to ask someone about a number: 1. Can I use that question to ask about a large number in the billions, like: A: What number? B: 1,223,546,457 2. Can I use the question to ask about a decimal number like: A: What number? B: 1.33333 Is that correct? Is it weird?

29. Juli 2024 15:42

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It does sound a bit strange. It'd be better to say: What's this number? or What number is this? or How do you say this number? After the first question, for subsequent numbers you can just say: And this?

29. Juli 2024

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What's this number?

30. Juli 2024

You cannot say that. It has nothing to do with numbers. You cannot point to ANYTHING and say that. For example, you cannot ...point to a house and say "What house?" ...point to a man and say "What man?" ...point to a building and say "What building?" "What house" can be spoken in English, but only in proper context. For example: Bill: "I live in a house". Jack: "What house?"

29. Juli 2024