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Let's sat I have a set of 10 different positive numbers. I want to pick the 4 with the smaller (or smallest?) value. Should I say "the four smaller values" or "the four smallest values"?
In other words, which of the following is correct?
1, 2, 3, 4 are the smaller positive natural numbers
1, 2, 3, 4 are the smallest positive natural numbers
Smaller is used when you are comparing.
in a list like: 5, 8, 20, 15, 7, 2
15 is smaller than 20
The smallest number is 2
The four smallest numbers in this list are: 2, 5, 7 and 8.
So your answer would be:
1, 2, 3, 4 are the smallest positive natural numbers.
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– green_ideas
Aug 22 '17 at 21:31
