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Newguest Posted 11 years ago
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Two times bigger

Hi

The average number of searches for this keyword in Google is almost two times bigger compared to ....

---- Is "two times bigger" OK? Maybe the word "twice" would be more suitable?
  

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Phrases such as "two times bigger", while no doubt commonly used, are illogical and/or ambiguous. "two times as big" or "twice as big" is correct, but following this with "compared to" doesn't seem right. ", but one would need to see the continuation too.

— GPY

  • Phrases such as "two times bigger", while no doubt commonly used, are illogical and/or ambiguous.
  • "two times as big" or "twice as big" is correct, but following this with "compared to" doesn't seem right.
  • ", but one would need to see the continuation too.
  • "big" feels a bit more informal than "large".
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Phrases such as "two times bigger", while no doubt commonly used, are illogical and/or ambiguous. "two times as big" or "twice as big" is correct, but following this with "compared to" doesn't seem right. You can say "almost twice as big/large as ..." or "almost twice that of ...", but one would need to see the continuation too. "big" feels a bit more informal than "large".
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Newguesttwo times bigger compared to
Instead of the quoted part above, in this context, I'd write twice as big as, without 'compared to'.

I think you might have got a better reply if you had included what you're going to add later in the sentence.

CJ
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