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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

faster than/as fast as

0The processor speed of the POWER6 chip is nearly three times [faster than/as fast as] the latest HP Itanium processor that runs HP's server line. 02br
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00Which is correct?02br
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0My try:02br 02br 00Grammatically, both are correct. 0-

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  • 0My try:02br 02br 00Grammatically, both are correct.
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0My try:02br
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00Grammatically, both are correct. 02br
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00But, they have different meanings:02br
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00 three times faster than: *402br
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00 there times as fast as: *302br
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00....I'm not quite sure.0-
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0 The answer is obviously "faster than", If you look at the meaning of sentence. 01i00Three times02i00...02br
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00(I am not a native speaker by the way, I might be wrong)0-
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0 Hi New2grammar02br
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00You can say both 01i00three times faster than02i00 and 01i00three times as fast as02i00. I think most native speakers would understand them as meaning exactly the same thing.0-
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01cite10Yankee12cite10...12br
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10I think most native speakers would understand them as meaning exactly the same thing.12br
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10Hello, Yankee12br
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10I used to think 3 times faster than === 4 times as fast as, but not quite sure: I also figured that maybe the speaker wo
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0 I'm not Yankee, but maybe that's OK.02br
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00 They mean exactly the same thing.02br
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00 CJ0-
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0 Thank you, Jim. It's very helpful confirmation for me. 0-
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