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06:38 Nov 27, 2014 |
German language (monolingual) [PRO] General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Allgemeine Verständnisfrage | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Jack Doughty United Kingdom Local time: 21:42 | ||||||
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4 +5 | das Dreifache |
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4 +4 | three times as many (300%) |
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three times as many (300%) Explanation: "Three times more" is unfortunately used a lot nowadays, though it wasn't thirty or forty years ago, to mean "three times as many". It was possibly imported from German. I avoid using it myself, but I am fighting a losing battle. |
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