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Cool Breeze Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

As much than

"AIRLINES are expecting to lose twice as much this year than first predicted, as global revenues slump 12 per cent and demand falls almost 6 per cent."
Is as much ... than correct? The sentence is from an Australian newspaper called The Australian.
CB
  

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Hello CB, I would take it as an error for "twice as much as". It may be the result of a mis-edit. All the best, MrP

— MrPedantic

  • Hello CB, I would take it as an error for "twice as much as".
  • It may be the result of a mis-edit.
  • All the best, MrP
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Hello CB,

I would take it as an error for "twice as much as". It may be the result of a mis-edit.

All the best,

MrP
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Hi CB

I agree with MrP. Possibly it was a cut-and-paste sort of typo. The sentence may have started off being worded this way:

AIRLINES are expecting to lose more (or two times more) this year than first predicted...
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