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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

interval, increment and decrement

Could a native speaker tell me if these are interchangeable as I've gotten a lot of different answers?

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” Increment (incre = increase; ment = value) the amount of periodic increase “salaries are incremented by 5% yearly” Decrement (decre = decrease; ment = value) the amount of periodic decrease “vacations are decremented by 1 day for each absence from work”

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  • ” Increment (incre = increase; ment = value) the amount of periodic increase “salaries are incremented by 5% yearly” Decrement (decre = decrease; ment = value) the amount of periodic decrease “vacations are decremented by 1 day for each absence from work”
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Then here's another one:

Interval (inter = between; val = value) the values or gaps between
“events take place in intervals of five minutes.”
Increment (incre = increase; ment = value) the amount of periodic increase
“salaries are incremented by 5% yearly”
Decrement (decre = decrease; ment = value) the am
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