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Makiasan Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
... times higher than
A will be twelve times higher than B.
Does this sentence mean that A will be twelve times as high as B?
Thank you.
Does this sentence mean that A will be twelve times as high as B?
Thank you.
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It is safer to avoid the expression 'x times higher than'. Some argue that it means the same as 'x times as high as', others that it means (x = 1) times as high as.
- It is safer to avoid the expression 'x times higher than'.
- Some argue that it means the same as 'x times as high as', others that it means (x = 1) times as high as.
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It is safer to avoid the expression 'x times higher than'. Some argue that it means the same as 'x times as high as', others that it means (x = 1) times as high as.
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fivejedjon others that it means (x = 1) times as high as.I'm sorry, but I don't understand this part.( I understood it is safer to avoid this expression, though)
If you say " that building A is three times higher than this building B", when we know the B is 100 meters tall, one think that A is 300 meters tall. Or What do others think about the height of
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Strictly logically speaking, "x times higher than y" must mean "the value of y, plus x times the value of y" - that is, if your internet is 15 Mbps, that is two times higher than 5 Mbps.
However, as fivejedjon says, it is also commonly (and confusingly!) used to mean "x times as high as y". For clarity's sake, I always use "x times as high as y", because there's only one po
However, as fivejedjon says, it is also commonly (and confusingly!) used to mean "x times as high as y". For clarity's sake, I always use "x times as high as y", because there's only one po
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