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In [[linguistics]], '''grammatical number''' is a [[Feature (linguistics)|feature]] of nouns, pronouns, adjectives and verb [[agreement (linguistics)|agreement]] that expresses count distinctions (such as "one", "two" or "three or more").<ref>{{Citation |title=Dictionary of Linguistic Terms |publisher=SIL |contribution=What is Number? |url=http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsNumber.htm}}.</ref> English and other languages present number categories of singular or [[plural]], both of which are cited by using the [[hash sign]] (#) or by the [[numero sign]]s "No." and "Nos." respectively. Some languages also have a [[Dual (grammatical number)|dual]], [[#Trial|trial]] and [[#Paucal|paucal]] number or other arrangements.
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