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Hohok Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Ways to express multiplicative numerals

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Would you help with this?

Look at the following plz.

1) “Adult cheetahs can take twice as many steps as humans do.”

2) “Adult cheetahs can take twice the steps of humans.”


As far as I know, you use No.1.

But No.2 is not the thing I’m sure about.

Do you use No.2 as well? Does it work?

If you could help, it’ll be great.

Thank you.

  

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hohok Look at the following please . The examples don't make much sense. Here are some reasonable sentences.

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  • I can jump twice as high as Jane can.
  • (adjective; comparative) I can jump two times higher than Jane.
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hohokLook at the following please.

The examples don't make much sense. Here are some reasonable sentences.

I can jump twice as high as Jane can. (adjective; comparative)
I can jump two times higher than Jane.

I have twice as many apples as Jim does. (count noun)
I have two times as many apples as Jim.

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hohokBut No.2 is not the thing I’m not sure about.

It's iffy. It's understandable, but I wouldn't use it.

hohok“Adult cheetahs can take twice as many steps as humans do.”

This is the one I would use.

(Cheetahs have to take twice as many steps as humans do

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hohokDo you use No.2 as well? Does it work?

It works, barely (if you can figure out what it means for a cheetah to take steps), but nobody would put it that way. More like it is something like "Fresh parsley has twice the flavor of dried." Steps aren't a property of humans. "Chimps have twice the intelligence of gorillas."

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Here are some more natural patterns akin to your second sentence, which is not natural.


The company said that the wave that destroyed the nuclear power station was about twice the height of the previous highest tsunami.

Maybelline has twice the patience of Job.

You might have to pay twice as much for a ticket to Disney World as for the local amusement park,

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