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Does the grammar book make a mistake?
In a grammar book, it says "His wife is half as old again as he. (=His wife is one and a half times as old as he.) "
I don't understand why it uses the word "again" instead of other words, if any is available. The original sentence doesn't make any sense to me.
Is it a correct way to say "His wife is half as old again as he. (=His wife is one and a half times as old as he.) "?
If not, how should the sentece " His wife is half as old again as he. " be corrected in order to mean "(=His wife is one and a half times as old as he.)" ??
Can anyone help me with this??
Thanks
Casey
I don't understand why it uses the word "again" instead of other words, if any is available. The original sentence doesn't make any sense to me.
Is it a correct way to say "His wife is half as old again as he. (=His wife is one and a half times as old as he.) "?
If not, how should the sentece " His wife is half as old again as he. " be corrected in order to mean "(=His wife is one and a half times as old as he.)" ??
Can anyone help me with this??
Thanks
Casey
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[nq:1]In a grammar book, it says "His wife is half as old again as he. (=His wife is one and ... )" ??
- [nq:1]In a grammar book, it says "His wife is half as old again as he.
- (=His wife is one and ...
- )" ??
- Can anyone help me with this??
- Thanks Casey[/nq] That sounds more like something one would see in a math book, but it is correct.
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[nq:1]In a grammar book, it says "His wife is half as old again as he. (=His wife is one and ... wife is one and a half times as old as he.)" ?? Can anyone help me with this?? Thanks Casey[/nq]
That sounds more like something one would see in a math book, but it is correct.
His wife is 1.5 times as old as he is. She's not "half as old as" (he can dream, maybe), and it would be even more aw
That sounds more like something one would see in a math book, but it is correct.
His wife is 1.5 times as old as he is. She's not "half as old as" (he can dream, maybe), and it would be even more aw
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[nq:1]In a grammar book, it says "His wife is half as old again as he. (=His wife is one and ... is half as old again as he. (=His wife is one and a half times as old as he.) "?[/nq]
Yes, it's valid. See the COED. There are some other similar constructions, for example:
"This book costs half as much again as that one"
- meaning the book costs 50% more.
[nq:1]In a grammar book, it says "His wife is half as old again as he. (=His wife is one and ... is half as old again as he. (=His wife is one and a half times as old as he.) "?[/nq]
Yes, it's valid. See the COED. There are some other similar constructions, for example:
"This book costs half as much again as that one"
- meaning the book costs 50% more.
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I don't jave COED, what is it?
I am not sure if I understand this "again" useage. Say if the husband is 25 years old.
How old is the wife when I say:
1.) His wife is as old again as he.
2.) His wife is twice/ two times as old again as he.
3.) if I want to sue " as old again as " structure to mean "She istwice as old as he. = She is two times as old as he.= She is two times olde
I am not sure if I understand this "again" useage. Say if the husband is 25 years old.
How old is the wife when I say:
1.) His wife is as old again as he.
2.) His wife is twice/ two times as old again as he.
3.) if I want to sue " as old again as " structure to mean "She istwice as old as he. = She is two times as old as he.= She is two times olde
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[nq:1]I don't jave COED, what is it?[/nq]
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary.
[nq:1]I am not sure if I understand this "again" useage. Say if the husband is 25 years old. How old is the wife when I say: 1.) His wife is as old again as he.[/nq]
She's twice his age. His age (25), and again his age (25 more.) So if he's 25, she's 50.
[nq:1]2.) His wife is twice/ two times as old ag
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary.
[nq:1]I am not sure if I understand this "again" useage. Say if the husband is 25 years old. How old is the wife when I say: 1.) His wife is as old again as he.[/nq]
She's twice his age. His age (25), and again his age (25 more.) So if he's 25, she's 50.
[nq:1]2.) His wife is twice/ two times as old ag
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I disagree. Number 2 has "again" again, so her age would be three times his.
Bill
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[nq:2]Say if the husband is 25 years old. How old is the wife when I say: 1.) His wife is as old again as he.[/nq]
[nq:1]She's twice his age. His age (25), and again his age (25 more.) So if he's 25, she's 50.[/nq]
Yes.
[nq:2]2.) His wife is twice/ two times as old again as he.[/nq]
[nq:1]Same thing, she's twice his age (25x2).[/nq]
No, they're not the same. "His wife is {twice
[nq:1]She's twice his age. His age (25), and again his age (25 more.) So if he's 25, she's 50.[/nq]
Yes.
[nq:2]2.) His wife is twice/ two times as old again as he.[/nq]
[nq:1]Same thing, she's twice his age (25x2).[/nq]
No, they're not the same. "His wife is {twice
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[nq:2]The Concise Oxford English Dictionary. Same thing, she's twice his ... and inthe decond they're being told to multiply by two.[/nq]
[nq:1]I disagree. Number 2 has "again" again, so her age would be three times his. Bill[/nq]
Urk. Careful reading is a necessity. And I didn't read carefully enough...
You're right, if she's twiceagain his age, then she's his age, plus tw
[nq:1]I disagree. Number 2 has "again" again, so her age would be three times his. Bill[/nq]
Urk. Careful reading is a necessity. And I didn't read carefully enough...
You're right, if she's twice
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That's precisely what I did when I answered. I missed the 'again' following 'two times'.
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[nq:1]Las Vegas casinos take advantage of another detail that's easy to overlook, the difference between "to" and "for", to make ... the basic pass-line wager, among others) from naive players; the actual payout would normally be described as "4 to 1".[/nq]
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[nq:2]I disagree. Number 2 has "again" again, so her age would be three times his. Bill[/nq]
[nq:1]Urk. Careful reading is a necessity. And I didn't read carefully enough... You're right, if she's twiceagain his age, ... age. If I made five times again what you made, then I made six times as much. And so on.[/nq]
Somewhere, earlier in this thread, it was suggested this would on
[nq:1]Urk. Careful reading is a necessity. And I didn't read carefully enough... You're right, if she's twice
Somewhere, earlier in this thread, it was suggested this would on
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Thank you for all your replies, I think now I understand the usage of "again."
The word "again" is treated as " add the original value again" Therefore,
1.) His wife is as old again as heoriginal value is 25 , so 25 + 25 = 50
She is 50 years old.
She is twice his age. = She is twice as old as he. = She is two times as old as he.(= She is two times older than he)
2.) His wi
The word "again" is treated as " add the original value again" Therefore,
1.) His wife is as old again as heoriginal value is 25 , so 25 + 25 = 50
She is 50 years old.
She is twice his age. = She is twice as old as he. = She is two times as old as he.(= She is two times older than he)
2.) His wi
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