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Alex+ Posted 19 years ago
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reduce by

0 You can say 'The price was reduced by 10%'02br
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00Could you tell me if it's possible to say:02br
001. The price was reduced by 10 euros.02br
002. The price was reduced by two times. 0-
  

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0 I would say that you can use 'reduced by 10 euros' but not 'by two times', as you'd need to add what it's being reduced two times against (an amount of some kind) 0-

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  • 0 I would say that you can use 'reduced by 10 euros' but not 'by two times', as you'd need to add what it's being reduced two times against (an amount of some kind) 0-
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0 I would say that you can use 'reduced by 10 euros' but not 'by two times', as you'd need to add what it's being reduced two times against (an amount of some kind) 0-
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0Hi Alex,02br
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001. The price was reduced by 10 euros. - Yes, that's fine02br
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002. The price was reduced by two times. - No, that doesn't have any meaning.0-
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0 One could have:01i02br
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00 2. The price was reduced01b00 twice02b00. 02i02br
00 (i.e. on two occassions). 02br
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01i00 2. The price was 01b00halved02b00. 02br
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02i00 2. The price was 01b00reduced to half02b00.
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