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Im having trouble with comparisions if you could help me understand these following sentences and which are right

1 In 2 days (the weekend) I sleep more than half the amount i sleep in 5 days (the week)

I sleep more than half the amount in 2 days than/that in 5 days (is it THAN or THAT cause 2 THANS sounds weird)
2 i sleep a little less than 2 times as much on the weekend as i do during the week
3 i sleep a little more than 2 times the amount in 2 days than/that i do in 5 days (i'd go with THAT since if you put THAN then there are two THANs) but im not sure
4 i slept a little more than 2 times the amount that i usually sleep

thank you

al

BarbaraPA · Accepted Answer

alc, these are all pretty rough on the ear.

Over the course of the weekend, I get about one-third of my sleep for the entire week.
I get about half as much sleep over the weekend as I do the other five days of the week put together.

Alc24 · Answer

thank you for the swift reply

so none of the above could be said and if you had to choose would it be THAT OR THAN

in

I sleep more than half the amount in 2 days than/that in 5 days (is it THAN or THAT cause 2 THANS sounds weird)
I sleep a little more than 2 times the amount in 2 days than/that i do in 5 days (i'd go with THAT since if you put THAN then there are two THANs) but im not sure

and can't number 4 be said

4 i slept a little more than 2 times the amount that i usually sleep

and finally can you say

I get a little more than half as much sleep over the weekend as I do the other five days of the week put together.

one last question i was wondering if you could take a look at 2 other threads i'm having trouble with, i've correct the sentecnes but i'm not sure they are right,they are driving me crazy

if you could bez so kind

thank you grammar geek

alc

thank you

BarbaraPA · Answer

alc, I'm sorry, but these sentences are so odd!

It's so hard to tell whether you mean what you do on one night of the weekend compared to one night of the other five, or the other five together, or ... what.

Let's say you usually sleep 6 hours a night on weeknights. That's 30 hours for the five days. Half of that is 15, so more than half of that is 16, or 8 hours each night on the weekend.

So, in two days, I sleep more than half the amount of time than I do [OR: as I do] the other five days put together.

I sleep more than half the amount in 2 days than/that in 5 days This sounds like you get half the sleep on those two day as you do on the other five days. You usually sleep 8 hours a night during the 5 days, but only about 4 1/2 a night on those two.

I sleep a little more than 2 times the amount in 2 days than i do in 5 days

This sounds like you are sleeping more than twice as many hours on a weekend night as you would on any weekday night. Maybe 5 hours a night on the weekday and 11 hours a night on the weekend. Or maybe it means you add all the five days together and double that and that's what you sleep on the two days.

We really wouldn't ever write this - thougth I can imagine someone trying to say it and having to go back and say it all over again more carefully because the listener said "WHAT??"

One thing that will help is to repeat the "Than I do" and not just the other time period.

Alc24 · Answer

there is something i don't get, let me explain

you can say "I make more than you in 2 day than you do in 5 days" meaning you can say "In 2 days i make more than you do in 5 day"

"In 2 days I sleep more than half the amount THAT i sleep in 5 day during the week"

structure wise this must be correct and as you can see its a THAT and not a THAN

now if you turn it around "I sleep more than half the amount in 2 days ___ I do in 5 days"

now why wouldn't the missing word be THAT but THAN like you said, i'd go with THAT rather than THAN since in the above its THAT

last thing

1 I get about half as much sleep over the weekend as I do the other five days of the week put together (this could be said)

but could this be said

I get a little more than half as much sleep over the weekend as I do the other five days of the week put together.

or

I get a little more than 2 times as much sleep over the weekend as i do the other five days of the week put together.

one last thing, have you had a look at the 2 threads i was having trouble with

if you could it would be very helpful

thank you

Alc24 · Answer

anyone please

Alc24 · Answer

Can someone read what I 've written and tell me if I'm right

thank you

Alc24 · Answer

Can someone tell me what they think about my above explanation?

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Alc24 · Answer

Can someone tell me what they think about my last post ??

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