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Old 08-18-2003, 03:20 PM   #289 (permalink)
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No, iv is half of five. 'five' is four letters long so take away the first and last letter of the word 'five' and you have 'iv', which is half the length of five, so it is half of five, and also means four in roman numerals.

I should have explained that better before.
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