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Is it possible to express a number of something by placing the cardinal after the noun? I know the concept of postpositives, like snow galore etc. but does this apply to cardinals? E.g. you can say walking on four legs, but would it be possible to say walking on legs four? Would it sound poetic/archaic or just plain wrong?

EDIT: After Andrew's comment - I am talking here about expressing the quantity of things. I.e. a situation, where there is a plural form of a noun and then a cardinal, like the above legs four as opposed to Andrew's platform four, which would be just saying the numeral.

Is it possible to express a number of something by placing the cardinal after the noun? I know the concept of postpositives, like snow galore etc. but does this apply to cardinals? E.g. you can say walking on four legs, but would it be possible to say walking on legs four? Would it sound poetic/archaic or just plain wrong?

Is it possible to express a number of something by placing the cardinal after the noun? I know the concept of postpositives, like snow galore etc. but does this apply to cardinals? E.g. you can say walking on four legs, but would it be possible to say walking on legs four? Would it sound poetic/archaic or just plain wrong?

EDIT: After Andrew's comment - I am talking here about expressing the quantity of things. I.e. a situation, where there is a plural form of a noun and then a cardinal, like the above legs four as opposed to Andrew's platform four, which would be just saying the numeral.

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Can you place a cardinal number after a noun?

Is it possible to express a number of something by placing the cardinal after the noun? I know the concept of postpositives, like snow galore etc. but does this apply to cardinals? E.g. you can say walking on four legs, but would it be possible to say walking on legs four? Would it sound poetic/archaic or just plain wrong?