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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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by 4.4%
Is this sentence natural?
That store is more expense than our by 4.4%.
Thank you
That store is more expense than our by 4.4%.
Thank you
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Who is your audience? For a general audience, I would round off the number. Also, say "ours" rather than "our" (the term requires an object: our store) and "expensive" (adjective) rather than "expense" (noun).
- Who is your audience?
- For a general audience, I would round off the number.
- Also, say "ours" rather than "our" (the term requires an object: our store) and "expensive" (adjective) rather than "expense" (noun).
- So, I would say: That store is more expensive than ours by more than four percent.
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Who is your audience? For a general audience, I would round off the number. Also, say "ours" rather than "our" (the term requires an object: our store) and "expensive" (adjective) rather than "expense" (noun).
So, I would say:
That store is more expensive than ours by more than four percent.
So, I would say:
That store is more expensive than ours by more than four percent.
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