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Sen ko Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Are the following two sentences correct? Or just one?
1." Economic boom caused the minimum wage to more than double."
2." Economic boom caused the minimum wage more than doubled."
  

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The first will be correct with some fixing: The e conomic boom caused the minimum wage to more than double.

— Mister Micawber

  • The first will be correct with some fixing: The e conomic boom caused the minimum wage to more than double.
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The first will be correct with some fixing:

The economic boom caused the minimum wage to more than double.
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Thanks for the reply. To me, the second sentence also looks correct. Do you think only the first one is correct and the second one is absolutely incorrect?
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sen koTo me, the second sentence also looks correct.
The 2nd one is not possible.
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