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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
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0 Our company revenue is 4 times as many as 5 years ago.02br
00Our company revenue is 4 times as many as it was 5 years ago. 02br
00Our company revenue is 4 times as many as that of 5 years ago. 02br
00Are my sentences correct and carry the same meaning?02br
00Thanks02br
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0 Hi LiJ02br
00I would say: 01i00Our company's revenue is four times bigger/greater than five years ago.02i02br
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0Thanks, CB.02br
00I see! Revenure is uncountable.02br
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00How about:02br
00The number of students in this school is four times as many as (it was) five years ago. (I want to make sure wheather 'it was' is correct if it isn't omitted.) 02br
00The number of students in this school is four times larger than five years ago. 0-
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0 I can't think of a situation in which 01i00four times as many as02i00 would sound correct. 01i00Larger02i00 in your last sentence is acceptable but 01i00bigger02i00 and 01i00greater02i00 could also be used. 01i00Bigger02i00 is very common in informal style. 02br
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10Got it!02br
00Many thanks, CB. 0-
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0CoolBreeze,02br
00When would you use "X times larger than" instead of "X times as large as"?02br
00I always use the former but remember in an old post, a native speaker said the latter is more common/natural.02br
00I don't have the context. Sorry or I could be suffering another memory lapse again. 05002br
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00I hope you can shed some
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