Grammar for Everyone - Barbara Dykes 2007

19 More about adjectives and adverbs - Numeral adjectives (numbering)
Introduction
Part II The parts of speech

These are the words that qualify nouns according to number. They include:

• cardinal adjectives - state how many

For example:

one fine day

ten green bottles

• ordinal adjectives - state order or position

For example:

the second volume

the twelfth day