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SYNTAX--ADJECTIVES. 153
8. It has been disputed whether the Ilumerals, two, three, four, &c.,
should be placed before the WOld" first an,1 last, or after them, when used
to indicate the beginning and the end (,f a series. On thi, poiut, with
email nnmber8, usage is ueady c'{nally divided; aud, a8 the matter now
stands, in some cases the (Inc form Beems to be preferable, and in some, the
other. In thi~ COllS!l'uCliolJ, a~ ill Borne oth;rB. which in.volve Il? impr?pri.
ety, euphot,)' and taste Eu'lll to govern. fl,l" much IS certam-Iletther
form can be justly condemned, nil ll:c grvund of either authority 01' propriety.-Sce
A ppendix X. p. 256.
705. An acljcclive is placed (lfler its