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To increase/decrease/reduce by X times/times. - WordReference Forums : Unfortunately English is ambiguous in this respect. People argue about it. Everyone thinks it's obvious that 'four times bigger' means X and 'four times as big' means Y, but they disagree about X and Y. If the budget was £1000 and it increased (by) eight times, or by a factor of eight, or by eight, is it now £8000 or £9000? We have previous threads about this, though I'm not sure how you ...
increase/decrease (by) ... times - WordReference Forums : Dear English speakers, could you help me decide whether I must use 'by' to specify how much times one number increased / decreased in relation to another number, as in the example below. To me, it looks like there is substantial difference in the meaning. The company's revenue increased two...
three times longer than=three times as long as? | Page 3 ... : The latter is familiar from the "three inches longer than " where an addition is always required, and they wonder why an addition is not required when "three times longer than "is used. For them, "times as long as" is crystal clear, but "times longer than" sounds weird. Personally I never use the structure "times {comparative ...
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Three and three - singular or plural verb? - WordReference Forums : I found the following two sentences used as examples in the OALD. 1. Three and three make six. 2. Three and three is six. Why is there singular - plural verb difference for the same subject?
quarter of three - WordReference Forums : The electric kitchen clock growled. It said quarter of three. I had been lying watching the red spots in the dark since eleven. I'm confused by the "quarter of three" part. Quarter to three means 2:45, and quarter past three means 3:15, but what time does quarter of three represent? Source...
triliteral (triconsonantal, three-letter) root - WordReference Forums : These three letters, in this order, are the root. There are sometimes other letters as well as the root letters, but the root letters will always appear in the same sequence. The root sequence we have looked at (kaaf, taa', baa') is connected with the meaning of "writing".
Are threesome & threeway different from each other? : Getting back to threesome vs. three-way: while I had a three-way is unambiguously sexual, the word three-way can be used innocently in many other ways. A three-way intersection (of three roads) is not in a risque relationship.
three parts dead - WordReference Forums : Hello! I am a bit confused by the meaning of the words "three parts dead" from the quotation by Bertrand Russell "To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead." Does this phrase mean 1/3 of one's body? I'd be grateful for your help. Thanks a lot.
Three of the same cabbage vs. three heads of the same cabbage : Do you have any preference between these two? I've bought three of the same cabbage. I've bought three heads of the same cabbage.