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Questions relating to the use of numbers or numerals in English.

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Can I say eight-gon, nine-gon and ten-gon instead of octa-, nona-, and deca-gon?

Am I allowed to use just normal English numbers in place of them? No. There is no such word as eightgon. Is it natural? No. …
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