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Navitasan Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Often/more times

1-I have talked to him more often than you,
2-I have talked to him more times than you.

Are the above sentences synonymous?

Could "1" be used if I had only talked to him two or three times?
Doesn't "1" imply the idea of frequency?

Gratefully,
Navi.
  

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Personally, "more often" refers not only to the number of conversations, but also the period in which they took place. If I knew someone for ten years and talked to them once a year, but you knew that person for six months and talked to them every month, I would have had more conversations, but you wold have spoken with them more often. Note the inherent ambiguity in your sentence.

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  • Personally, "more often" refers not only to the number of conversations, but also the period in which they took place.
  • If I knew someone for ten years and talked to them once a year, but you knew that person for six months and talked to them every month, I would have had more conversations, but you wold have spoken with them more often.
  • Note the inherent ambiguity in your sentence.
  • Did you talk to him more often than I talked to him?
  • or Did you talk to him more often you talked to me?
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Personally, "more often" refers not only to the number of conversations, but also the period in which they took place. If I knew someone for ten years and talked to them once a year, but you knew that person for six months and talked to them every month, I would have had more conversations, but you wold have spoken with them more often.

Note the inherent ambiguity in your sentence.
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Hi,
Grammar GeekDid you talk to him more often than I talked to him? or Did you talk to him more often you talked to me?
That's true. To avoid ambiguity, s/he could have said, "I've talked to him more often than you have" to convey

your first meaning.

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