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Unfortunately English is ambiguous in this respect People argue about it Everyone thinks it's obvious that 'four times bigger' means X and 'four times as big' means Y, but they disagree about X and Y If the budget was £1000 and it increased (by) eight times, or by a factor of eight, or by eight, is it now £8000 or £9000? We have previous threads about this, though I'm not sure how you
- increase decrease (by) . . . times - WordReference Forums
Dear English speakers, could you help me decide whether I must use 'by' to specify how much times one number increased decreased in relation to another number, as in the example below To me, it looks like there is substantial difference in the meaning The company's revenue increased two
- reduce decrease - WordReference Forums
reduce decrease When they are used in "verb + noun" form, what's (if any) the main difference between them? Are the following phrases correct? 1 reduce air pollution decrease air pollution 2 reduce happiness decrease happiness 3 reduce the speed decrease the speed 4 reduce
- decrease up down to - WordReference Forums
Hi, can you tell "temperature was decreased up to -20ºC"? I don't know if you can tell "down to" instead any suggestion? thanks for helping
- Decrease in of - WordReference Forums
Hi, I'd like to know what sounds better to you: "decrease in turnover" or "decrease of turnover" "decrease in pressure" or "decrease of pressure" "increase in taxes" or "increase of taxes" "drop in income" or "drop of income" Is there a certain way to know when to chose IN and when OF?
- decrease by 2 by 2 times - WordReference Forums
Where have you seen "decrease something by X times" ? It is the direct translation of the phrase "decrease something by a factor of" from the russian language
- The decrease in of - WordReference Forums
"The decrease in oil consumption" is the correct way of saying this "Decrease of sth " is used more for expressing by how much something has decreased, e g They saw a decrease of 40% in sales etc
- Decrease - active passive voice | WordReference Forums
Hi, In A the proportion of hemicelluloses initially was X% and after the treatment it decreased to Y% of the total of components I have doubts about "decreased to" - shouldn't it be in the passive voice? Like "it was decreased" for example Same doubts I have about "stabilized": and the
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