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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
MORE and HALF and 2 TIMES
Could you please help me tell me which to say?
- She can do the job in half the time it takes someone else./in 2 times the time it
- You find them more than you buy them
- By the 5th beer we'll be more warm/ warmer. (can you say this?/does it make sense?)
- You have more gums than teeth.
- W'll have nothing more to do with the tv on than off.
- You are feeling too at home; more at home than I.
- He has a higher level of education than me at such a young age. I /a level of education higher than mine. (how would you say this?)
- If he can jump off one leg the same way he jumps off 2./If he can jump off one leg as he can jump off 2./If he can jump off on leg the same as he jumps off 2, I'd be surprised.
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alc24 Could you please help me tell me which to say? /in 2 times the time it 1st option ok - 2nd option: 'twice the time' is better than saying '2 times the time' but this meaning doesn't match the 'can do the job' part. Taking twice as long is a bad thing.
- alc24 Could you please help me tell me which to say?
- /in 2 times the time it 1st option ok - 2nd option: 'twice the time' is better than saying '2 times the time' but this meaning doesn't match the 'can do the job' part.
- Taking twice as long is a bad thing.
- You find them more than you buy them sorry, this makes no sense to me By the 5th beer we'll be more warm/ warmer.
- ) warmer, not more warm.
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alc24Could you please help me tell me which to say?1st option ok - 2nd option: 'twice the time' is better than saying '2 times the time' but this meaning doesn't match the 'can do the job' part. Taking twice as long is a bad thing.
- She can do the job in half the time it takes someone else./in 2 times the time it
- You find them
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