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Excerpt from The University Chronicle, Vol. 3: An Official Record
One peculiar feature of the Chinese language is the large number of words which have been called numerative adjuncts. We speak of a pane of glass, a length of rope or cloth, two head of cattle, a game of chess, three volumes of a book, etc. But we have only a few of such words, while the Chinese have a great many. In general every Chinese noun has its fixed numerative adjunct; as a handle of knife, two persons of men, three mouths of wells, four doors of cannon, four faces of drums, etc. These numera tive adjuncts are of great assistance in conversation where so many different things are expressed by the same sound.
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