How to say these sentences, choose right word

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Could you please help me correct these sentences? How would you naturally say them?

- I'm on/at www.abc.com.

- He acts as if I'm not here/wasn't here.

- I've wrinkled/creased your sweater. (how to say this?)

- How many more miles to/till Paris?

- He's driving 3 times over the speed limit./3 times as fast as the speed limit.

- We have half as many miles to go before we arrive to our destination. (how to say?)

- This battery last four times as much/long.

- The line is longer at till 5/counter 5. (supermarket) how to say naturally?)

How come longer is correct and not shorter or is it?

It took less time /shorter to do that than this.

It took longer/more time to do this than that.

Thank you

Cayuse · Accepted Answer

- I'm on/at www.abc.com.

I'm not sure what you are trying to say. If that page has information about you you can say you are 'on' it.

If you are looking at it, you could say you are at it.

Check me out on www.abc.com.

I'm at this cool site, www.abc.com.

- I've wrinkled/creased your sweater. (how to say this?)

In clothing terms, creases are usually desirable. Properly laundered shirts and pants have creases.

Sorry I wrinkled your sweater. (By stuffing it in this bag)

Please iron my shirt with military creases. Someone might request this at a laundromat.

- How many more miles to/till Paris?

If Paris is your destination, its more typical to say: "How much further?"

If Paris is a landmark between you and your destination, then: "How many miles to Paris?" is appropriate.

- He's driving 3 times over the speed limit./3 times as fast as the speed limit.
"He's driving 3 times the speed limit."

Note that this describes a simple math equation 3 * Limit. Any other words like over and such are superfluous in this case.

If you are going to be less specific you can say "I pulled you over for driving over the speed limit."

- We have half as many miles to go before we arrive to our destination. (how to say?)

"We are half way there." If you are exctly in the middle of your trip.

"We have half as many more miles to go." If you are at the 2/3ds point.

- This battery last four times as much/long.

"This battery lasts four times as long."

- The line is longer at till 5/counter 5. (supermarket) how to say naturally?)

This market is really busy at 5.

The lines are longer at 5. (line singular works if your market only has one line)

It took less time /shorter to do that than this.

It took less time to do that than this. You are correct, this is correct, and shorter doesn't work here.

This job is shorter than that one. In this form, shorter works.

It took longer/more time to do this than that.

It took longer to do this than that. (Correct)

It took more time to do this than that. (Correct)

Alc24 · Answer

Thank you

- How much further to Paris/till Paris?

- We have half as many more miles to go. With the more it sounds off to me.

- He's driving 3 times over the speed limit. (what if I want to say 3 times over the limit and not just 3x limit?)

I'm not talking about the time, I'm trying to say line 5 is shorter than all the other lines.

- The line is longer at till 5/counter 5. (supermarket) how to say naturally?)

Thank you so much

Free_spirit · Answer

- I'm on/at www.abc.com. [ok - but depends on what you're actually meaning]

- He acts as if I'm not here/wasn't here. [both ok, also, "He acts as though I'm not here/I wasn't here."]

- I've wrinkled/creased your sweater. (how to say this?) [ok, I think 'creased' is better]

- How many more miles to/until Paris? [You could use 'till' as informal]

- He's driving 3 times over the speed limit./3 times as fast as the speed limit. [ok, the first is quite common]

- We have half as many miles to go before we arrive to our destination. (how to say?) [ok]

- This battery lasts/lasted four times as long.

- The line is longer at till 5/counter 5. (supermarket) how to say naturally?) [ok, there are many ways I guess. 'Checkout 5' is another option. Thinking about it, if I'm in a supermarkt, I usually just say, "The line in that one" or "The line over there..." I think lazy is natural... and also, when you are somewhere, you don't necessarily need to label an object, because you'll often look in a direction or point it out. Consider that when writing... "The line over there is longer," he said pointing at the nearby checkout...]

How come longer is correct and not shorter or is it?

It took less time to do that than this. [or "It was quicker..." I guess you could say, "It was shorter to do that..." but "quicker" is more common]

It took longer/more time to do this than that. [ok]

Cayuse · Answer

"How much farther to Paris?" This is correct.

We have half as many more miles to go. This is just an odd way of saying "take the distance we have traveled, divide in half, and that is how much further we need to go.

This may sound odd, but it is fairly common in several formats.

Consider American style football:

"Brees threw for 300 yards."

"Yeah but Farve threw for half again more!" Farve threw for 450 yards.

"He's driving 3 times over the speed limit." Is difficult to understand.

If you mean speed limit * 3, then its "... 3 times the speed limit." If you mean speed limit + ( speed limit * 3) then you would simply say: "He's driving 4 times the speed limit."

I will concede that few people would be confused by your sentance but ,depending on the forum, accuarcy is your best bet.

"Lane 5 has the shortest line." or "Lane 5 will be quickest."

There are inumerable ways that you could express this thought.

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