Simplification of Rulings on Numbers

Abstract

Numbers are among the grammatical lessons that every student should pay attention to. Who among us does not use numbers in their various forms in daily conversations? It is noticeable that there are many mistakes in these forms by many speakers of the Arabic language, especially those who are not specialists in Arabic. Everyone needs to use numbers in their daily dealings, whether they are doctors, engineers, employees, or teachers. It is essential for teachers, especially, to be familiar with these rules and address their students in correct and error-free language. If a doctor's mistake can kill a person, a teacher's mistake can kill a nation.

Perhaps the errors that occur in the formulation of numbers across all sectors and fields, whether in the language of the speaker on the podium, in classrooms, in newspapers, or in institutional and organizational correspondences and other written transactions, are what prompted me to write this paper to simplify and facilitate the rules of numbers so that their formulation becomes easier, combating the prevalent errors in this area. It is undoubtedly the case that linguistic errors were the main reason for Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali's establishment of grammar science at the behest of our master Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him.

 To facilitate the rules of numbers, I relied on using the x and y axes to clarify these rules. There is no surprise in that, as knowledge serves each other. I saw this as a facilitation for students in the scientific course and for those who have received pure study. I also aimed to clarify these rules by organizing them into groups and tables to make them clearer.

One might say that using the x and y axes somewhat detracts from the fluency and sweetness of the language and that structures and rules should be understood through literary texts and poetic and prose examples! We would respond that our goal here is to facilitate these rules to eliminate the errors that have spread in this subject; for this reason, we resorted to this scientific method as a suitable mechanism to present these rules. Just as knowledge serves each other, so do methods, and it is not far-fetched that Newton's theory, with its scientific significance, has become a proverbial example, not because its formulation leans towards the literary style. The text of the theory states: "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction," and it has become a proverbial example in many societies, used to denote reciprocity