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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Doubled vs Multiplied

Which do you say?

1 Drug consumption has doubled/multiplied by 2 over the past few years.

Which is it?

2 Imagine if a day was made up of 23 hours instead of 24h./if a day was 23h long and not 24.

Thank you
  

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As I matter of personal preference, I would say the following: Drug consumption has doubled over the past few years. Imagine if a day was 23 hours long instead of 24.

  • As I matter of personal preference, I would say the following: Drug consumption has doubled over the past few years.
  • Imagine if a day was 23 hours long instead of 24.
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As I matter of personal preference, I would say the following:

Drug consumption has doubled over the past few years.

Imagine if a day was 23 hours long instead of 24.

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