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Wuthanya Posted 15 years ago
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Does this sentence sound right? (Increase / lack of)

Hello all,

as always, I would be very grateful for your help Emotion: smile Does the following sentence sound okay to you:

"My irritableness increases proportionally with lack of sleep."

I'm unsure whether it's "increases proportionally with" or "increases proportionally to", and also whether it should be "with a lack of sleep".

Thanks in advance,

wuthanya
  

Top answer

" I'm unsure whether it's "increases proportionally with " or "increases proportionally to ", 'To' sounds better to me. A quick Google search suggests 'to' is mor than twice as common. and also whether it should be "with a lack of sleep".

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  • " I'm unsure whether it's "increases proportionally with " or "increases proportionally to ", 'To' sounds better to me.
  • A quick Google search suggests 'to' is mor than twice as common.
  • and also whether it should be "with a lack of sleep".
  • I would say ' .
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Hi,

as always, I would be very grateful for your help Emotion: smile Does the following sentence soun
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Thanks for the reply! Emotion: smile So I could say

"My irritableness increases proportionally to my lack of sleep"

when I'm not
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