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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

increased by/increased more than/doubled or tripled -which all are correct?

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001. Population of country X increased more than twice in 1992.02br
002. Population of country X increased more than two times in 1992. 01h2

00> Population ,say, became 2.5 times. correct ? 02br
003. Population of country X increased by twice in 1992. 02h2

00> Population actually trippled. ?? 02br
004. Population of country X more than doubled in 1992. ==> Population doubled, correct ??02br
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02br 02br 00Increasing more that two times refers to number of times there was an increase, not that it doubled. 02br 02br 003) 'Increased by twice' (would mean doubled but doesn't sound quite right. 02br 02br 004) This is grammatically correct but you are saying it 'more' than doubled.

— Nona the brit

  • 02br 02br 00Increasing more that two times refers to number of times there was an increase, not that it doubled.
  • 02br 02br 003) 'Increased by twice' (would mean doubled but doesn't sound quite right.
  • 02br 02br 004) This is grammatically correct but you are saying it 'more' than doubled.
  • This means over 2 times.
  • For example a population of 10 becoming a population of 24.
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1b00All of the sentences need to start with 'The'.02b02br
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001) and 2) This means that the population increased on more than two occasions in 1992 (only a few babies born then?).02br
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00Increasing more that two times refers to number of times there was an increase, not that it doubled. You would need to say increased to more than t
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0Hi Sharad,02br
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00let's see if this help answer your questions.....02br
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001. Population of country X increased more than twice in 1992.02br
002. Population of country X increased more than two times in 1992. 01h2

00> Population ,say, became 2.5 times. correct ? 02br
003. Population of country X increased by t

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0I agree with Nona the Brit, Sharad.0-
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0 Thank you nona the brit.. 02br
00so "increased more than" always refers to number of times ? 02br
00So the the statement - "population of India increased more than 5%" - would be wrong, correct ? 02br
00And the correct statement would be - population of indian increased by 5%. 02br
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0Not really, when you are using it with percentages as in your final examples, your meaning becomes clear, it's just when you are using it with words like twice (which can be either frequency or amount) that it leads to confusion.02br
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00You seem to be a bit confused overall by 'more than' and number though. 02br
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00More than means 'over' that numb
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0 Yes, I was confused by usage of more-than combined with numbers.. Your explanations were very helpful to understand.. Thanks nona the brit..0-
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