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Alc24 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

As big a Liar as /as expensive as LESS EXPENSIVE vs CHEAPER

How is this?

1 I've never seen as big a liar as you.
2 You're getting to be as big a liar as your father./ You're starting to be as big a liar as your dad.
3 ITs three times as cheap as any other golf course/Its 3 times cheaper than any other golf course.
4 Its 3 times as expensive as any other golf course./Its 3 times more expensive than any...
4 It's 3 times less expensive than...

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These are all common expressions, but the comparative ones always make me cringe regarding the math. Edit. Well, they're all comparative.

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  • These are all common expressions, but the comparative ones always make me cringe regarding the math.
  • Edit.
  • Well, they're all comparative.
  • " If a pair of shoes is considered cheap at twenty dollars, it doesn't follow that the same pair at forty dollars would be twice as expensive.
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These are all common expressions, but the comparative ones always make me cringe regarding the math.

Edit. Well, they're all comparative. I meant the ones about "cheap" and "expensive."

If a pair of shoes is considered cheap at twenty dollars, it doesn't follow that the same pair at forty dollars would be twice as expensive. (They might still be cheap.)
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you're are right, looking it that way, yes.

but don't people say it?

and what about the first couple of sentences with LIAR?

I appreciate it.
thank u
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When I said "these are all common expressions, I meant to convey that people use all of them freely.
The ones about the liar don't have the math problem.
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Avangi,

Hello,

I came across this thread, and now I'm asking myself how to say the last 3 sentences the CHEAP and EXPENSIVE comparitives?

Could you tell me how youd say them?

and I was wonder if there was any difference between these 2:

- The list goes from the cheapest/least expensive to the most expensive.

- It's cheaper if you book for 4 ni
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alc24 - The list goes from the cheapest/least expensive to the most expensive.
- It's cheaper if you book for 4 nights than if you book for 2 nights. These are both quite natural, and are the same to the extent that both are comparing the costs (in money).
Some might argue that the second is ambiguous. Does it mean "cheaper per night," or does it mean that you
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Thank you Avangi,
You never told me how you'd phrase these, could you let me know please, if you don't mind?
  • Its three times as cheap as any other golf course/Its 3 times cheaper than any other golf course.
  • Its 3 times as expensive as any other golf course./Its 3 times more expensive than any...
  • It's 3 times less expensive than...
Thank you
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alc24Thank you Avangi,

You never told me how you'd phrase these, could you let me know please, if you don't mind?

  • Its three times as cheap as any other golf course/Its 3 times cheaper than any other golf course.
  • Its 3 times as expensive as any other golf course./Its 3 times more expensive than any...
  • It's 3 times less expensi
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Hello Avangi,
Can you tell me how to say these 3?

Thank you
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Hi, alc,
I got into a long harangue over this issue a couple of months ago, and am not confident about my approach to this type of problem.

-A.
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Ok but If I let you know what I think can you tell me if it makes sense?
  • Its three times as cheap as any other golf course/Its 3 times cheaper than any other golf course.
This gold course is 3 times less expensive than any other.
  • Its 3 times as expensive as any other golf course./Its 3 times more expensive than any...
This golf course i
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