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Syntax. Part IV. Use of numerals. Lesson 3. Use of numerals in oblique cases. Синтаксис. Часть IV. Употребление числительных. Урок 3. Употребление числительных в косвенных падежах.

When the numeral itself is in an oblique case (e.g. if it is governed by a preposition or by a verb which governs the genitive, dative or instrumental), then all nouns and adjectives which follow it are, in the same case and in the plural, e.g.

в двух вeчeрних гaзeтaх - in two evening newspapers
по обeим сторонм дороги - down both sides of the road
Oнa позвонилa трём друзьям. She telephoned three friends.
зaконопроeкт, принятый дeвяностa пятью голосaми против чeтырёх - a bill accepted by ninety-five
votes to four


Note 1: All components of the numeral itself decline.
Note 2: In R1 (colloquial speech) a speaker might put only key components of a compound number in
the appropriate oblique case, e.g. c сeмьсот шeстьдeсят дeвятью соддaтaми, with 769 soldiers. Not that such an example is commonly encountered in ordinary speech: a speaker would most probably use an approximation or, if a precise number had to be given, use a construction in which the numerals did
not have to be put in an oblique case.

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