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A Google search for "ABC" results in ten times more hits than a Google search for "XYZ" does.
A Google search for "ABC" results in ten times as many hits as a Google search for XYZ does.
On Google search, "ABC" is found ten times more than "XYZ" is.
On Google search, "ABC" has ten times as many hits as "XYZ" has.

Arey they all correct?
Thanks.

RayH · Accepted Answer

The first two are OK. I wouldn't use the second two.

New2grammar · Answer

Is there redundancy? For example,

A Google search for "ABC" results in ten times as many hits as a Google search for XYZ does.

Yoong Liat · Answer

I would say that 'does' is optional and the sentence sounds better without the word.

RayH · Answer

New2grammarIs there redundancy? For example,

A Google search for "ABC" results in ten times as many hits as a Google search for XYZ does.

Not redundancy--repetition for emphasis and clarity. It's hard to come up with good examples on the spur of the moment; however, here is a good example I found on the site linked below.

Here's a short example of structural repetition from the play Getting Married, by George Bernard Shaw:
There are couples who dislike one another furiously for several hours at a time; there are couples who dislike one another permanently; and there are couples who never dislike one another; but these last are people who are incapable of disliking anybody. (emphasis added)
http://grammar.about.com/od/developingparagraphs/a/cohrepetition.htm
http://grammar.about.com/od/rhetoricstyle/a/effectrepet.htm

Here are a couple of examples of redundancy:
An English teacher appears. He appears out of nowhere. He drops a few sentences into your laptop. The sentences are simple.
http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/02/13/building-and-combining-sentences.htm
Many uneducated citizens who have never attended school continue to vote for better schools. (emphasis added)

Well, I hope this helps because I've about reached the limit of my ability to explain this stuff.

RayH · Answer

Yoong LiatI would say that 'does' is optional and the sentence sounds better without the word.

Quite right, I noticed that on re-reading the post.

Peaceblinkfriend · Answer

What about this? Do you think this is better or worse?

A Google search for "ABC" results in ten times as many hits as that of "XYZ".

Looking forward to reading your replies.

PBF

New2grammar · Answer

Peace, I wanted to ask your question but

That for or that of... Think about it a minute.

Peaceblinkfriend · Answer

New2grammarPeace, I wanted to ask your question but

That for or that of... Think about it a minute.

I was going back and forth between 'that of' and 'that for' as well and then I settled down with 'that of'. It sounded better that way to my ears though I know it doesn't really correspond to the first time Google search was mentioned (Google search for "ABC") so to speak. At any rate, I am not certain replacing 'the Google search for "XYZ"' with 'that of/for' does much as the very least.

PBF

Liveinjapan · Answer

Thanks, RayH.
Thanks everyone!

PeaceblinkfriendWhat about this? Do you think this is better or worse?

A Google search for "ABC" results in ten times as many hits as that of "XYZ".

I think your version has a different structure in the later part. The later part needs the structure of "results in", IMO. "that of" or this kind works in cases like below:

The number of employees in this company is ten times as many as that of two yeas ago.
The number of employees in this company is ten times what it was two years ago.

So that should be:

The number of hits in searching "ABC" on Google is ten times as many as that of "XYZ". (That must be awkward to natives.)

What do you think?

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