The graph illustrates the quantities of goods transported in the United Kingdom by four different modes of transport between the time period of 1974 and 2002. Over this span of 28 years, the ...

Instead of using words for precise quantities, these people rely exclusively on terms analogous to “a few” or “some.” In contrast, our own lives are governed by numbers.

It does, however, contain substantial quantities of sand. This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Such quantities of sand” Asia ...