[Ads-l] Is "good at numbers" dated?

Benjamin Barrett gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM
Wed May 13 05:46:54 UTC 2015


Oxford Dictionaries says it is, whether US or US English:

https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/number
https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/number

1 (numbers) dated Arithmetic: the boy was adept at numbers

Maybe I'm dated....

Benjamin Barrett
Formerly of Seattle, WA

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