2.244 numbers as quantifiers

You can also use cardinal numbers as quantifiers linked by 'of' to a noun group referring to a group. You do this when you want to emphasize that you are talking about a part of a group.

• I saw four of these programmes.
• Three of the questions today have been about democracy.
• I use plastic kitchen bins. I have four of them.
• All eight of my great-grandparents lived in the city.
• All four of us wanted to get away from the Earl's Court area.
• The clerk looked at the six of them and said, 'All of you?'
• I find it less worrying than the two of you are suggesting.

Quantifiers are explained in paragraphs 2.194 to 2.210.