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Hat gray 40 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Less expensive and time consuming

Is this sentence gramatically coreect?


It is less expensive and time consuming to produce than product B.


It is less expensive and less time consuming to produce than product B.


Are they both correct and do they mean the same thing?


Thanks

  

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Both are correct. But A is ambiguous, whereas B is not. PS time-consuming is commonly written with a hyphen.

  • Both are correct.
  • But A is ambiguous, whereas B is not.
  • PS time-consuming is commonly written with a hyphen.
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Both are correct. But A is ambiguous, whereas B is not.


PS time-consuming is commonly written with a hyphen.

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Just wanted to ask if the first sentence "less expensive and time consuming" means it is both less expensive and less time consuming? Yes

Can it also mean it is less expensive and also just describing the fact that it is time consuming? Yes

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