Brilliant Idea

1.  기수 (Cardinal numbers)

• 기수는 보통의 수를 말함 / 1~0는 영문으로 표시하고 두 단어 이상이나 너무 길 경우 숫자를 쓴다. / The woman works 12 hours a day. / Some eight years later, he finally returned home. 
• Centry (세기) 는 단어로 표기 / Two other decades were printed in the fifteenth century. 
• 문장의 처음은 수로 시작하지 않는 것이 좋음 / One hundred thirty young people from Russian and 76 from Brazil arrived in Israel this week. 
• am. pm 이 붙을 경우에는 숫자로만 사용할 것 / Today the sun sets at 6 p.m./ There will be a Mass at St.Andrew's at 11am. 
• 큰단위의 기수에 hundred, thousand, million 이 쓰이나 다른 단어의 수식을 받는 경우 단수로만 사용 / We saw the creation of several hundred jobs here. / Nearly 30 million people in Africa were infected. 
• 수천, 수백 등은 예외적으로 복수로 사용 / This annual festival draws hundreds of people every spring. /It's a chance to save millions of lives. 
• 21 이상의 두 단위의 수를 풀어써야 할 때 하이픈 사용 / forty-six, two hundred and forty-five /Tom was twenty-three years old. / I was thirty-one and she was nineteen. 
• 통계 과학논문등에서는 수를 그대로 쓰는 것이 보통 / Only four major foods - nuts (43%), eggs (21%) and soy (9%) - cause most of reactions. 
• 그외의 글에서는 %를 percent 로 씀 / He can make 8 percent on his investment. 
• 매우 큰 수는 단어를 적거나 수로 표시 / four billion dollars => 4 billion dollars / 24,500,000 / 24.5 million 
• 생략된 표인인 No. 남용하지 말 것 / Parking lot No.5 / China is No.1 in exports. 

2. 서수 (Ordinal numbers) 

• 시간이나 공간적인 순서에 사용 / The first hour will be presentations. / He is the sixth-richest person in the world. 
• 단수명사 앞에 쓰이는 수는 서수가 되어야 하는 경우가 많음 / This is the fourth time he has had a car accident. /It was his third penalty miss from seven attempts. / The second hour will be in the listening lab. / She was in the twelfth grade. (단어 변환에 주의할 것 twelveth (x) / twelfth (o)) 
• 숫자를 이용한 서수의 표현 / 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 26th, 33rd, 91st... 
• 부정관사를 동반하는 경우 / We learned English as a first language. / He gave me a second chance. 
• 등위를 나타내는 경우에는 정관사 없이 쓰임 / Breast cancer is second only to thyroid cancer. / He ranked fifth palce in the event. 

3. 분수와 소수 (fraction and decimals) 

• 분자, 분모의 형태, 하이픈 / 1/2 => a half / 1/8 => a eighth / 4/5 => four-fifths 
• 분수/소수의 수의 일치 / 동사는 분수 뒤에 나오는 명사의 시제에 일치시킴 / Two thirds of the planet is water. 
• 1 이상의 분수 뒤의 명사는 복수 / This plant grows about two and a half feet tall. / About two and a half months ago, I lost my job. 
• 소수는 대개 숫자로 표현, 뒤의 명사를 복수로 표기하는 방식은 분수와 같음. / This is 1.2kilometers away from the mine site. / Koreans drink 12.3 cups of coffee a week. 

4. 무게, 높이, 크기, 넓이 (Weight, Height, Size, Width) 등 

• 길이, 높이 /It's within one or two meters. / The corridor was about twenty meters long. / The bridge was about four meters high. /His height is 5 feet 3 inches. / He is 5'3" (fall). / He is 173cm. 
• 무게 / She'd gained eleven pounds (5kg) in a month. / It's the size of a small bus and weights 3,400 kilograms (3.4tons). / The daily intake of fiber is suggested to be 30~ 40 grams. 
• 넓이, 크기 / The yard is 30 meters long and 45 meters wide. / The water tank was three meters tall and two meters wide. / The plank is 120 inches long, 15 inches wide and 5 inches thick. /The volume of this tank is roughly 11.5m3 (=cubic meters). 

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1. 주제 (~에 관해)  : About, On, As for, As to, concerning, regarding, with regard to 등 다양하게 사용 

• About, Considering, Regarding : 주로 사용됨 / I have often thought about this problem. / I am emailing you concerining your housing needs. / We need further discussion and collaboration regarding / concerning the current issues. 
• on, as to : ~에 관해, ~에 대해로 사용 (좀더 격식) / He has many books on Japan. (일본에 관한 책) / She published several books on American history. / I was uncertain as to which course to take. (어떤 코스를 선택할 지에 대해 불확실하다.) / Please advise as to the beginning and end dates of your stay. 
• Relating / related to ~에 관련해 로 주제를 나타낼 때 사용 가능 / All questions relating to the event should be directed to Caroline. / People can use texting to ask questions related to health. 
• As for, with regard to 는 이미 논의되고 있는 주제에 주로 쓰임 / As for the house, there is some furniture in it, but not much. (그 집에 대하여.. 로 그 전에 이미 논의된 바 있는 주제임 ) / With regard to this, I will show you a few examples. 
• In regard to, with respect to 도 ~에 관해 라는 의미로 사용됨  He is very formal in regard to himself. / They differ with respect to the other factors they measure. / With respect to gas prices, the big question is this. 

2. 견해 - in one's opinion / from one's viewpoint / from one's point of view / from the standpoint of one's

• in one's opinion / In one's opinion, there is not a great deal of time left.
• From one's point of view / Try to look at the things from her poin tof view. 
• 자신의 견해 - In my opinion / view
• 내가 아는 정도를 말할 때 - as far as I am concerend, to my knowledge, as far as I know 등 사용 

3. 관점 - From a purely practical point of view (= viewpoint) 

• in terms of 는 특정 주제의 명사와 함께 사용 / This job is great in terms of salary. 
• From a purely practical point of view, this room is too small. 
• She always looks at things from a technological standpoint. 
• We should rethink the meaning of the historic event in a modern perspective view. 
• Let's look at this through a feminist lens. (페미니스트의 관점에서 보자.) 

※ in light of = becuase of 의 의미 / We cancelled the meeting in light of the tragic accident. 

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