"Two times as long as" versus "two times longer than"
2023年4月2日 · 60 cm is longer than 20 cm by two times (of 20 cm) 60 cm is longer than 20 cm by 40 cm, and does not mean. 60 cm is longer than 20 cm, with the former being twice as long …
"longer", "for longer", or "more" - English Language Learners Stack ...
I would leave out the "continued to"; i.e.: I wish I had run longer, I wish I had run more, I wish I had run further, I wish I had pushed myself harder, etc. The "continued to" part is implied and …
word request - decade, century, millennium, what is next? - English ...
2016年1月11日 · The answer is Eon. Eon often refers to a span of one billion years. A “Terasecond” is a word which refers to a period of time lasting 31, 700yrs. The word "myriad" …
phrase usage - For (the time) longer than three years - English ...
2021年10月15日 · 1. "Longer than" can equally refer to length or time, and it does not need to be made any more explicit than by saying what the comparison is to. For your price example you …
longer than it is wide - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
2021年2月22日 · 2. A is the most correct and technical. B is incorrect. C is correct, but also has the feel of discussion how to describe it more generally, e.g., “Would you say it was more long …
difference - Nuance: longer time vs longer period of time - English ...
answered May 19, 2017 at 18:27. Ben I. 620 3 10. Add a comment. 1. You can use a longer time, a longer period or a longer period of time in your sentence, without any difference in meaning. …
personal pronouns - "than her" versus "than she" - English …
2018年8月23日 · In the preceding example, "... than she." yields. It is a well-known fact that she is more soft-spoken. while "... than her." yields the incorrect. It is a well-known fact that her is …
expressions - No longer ago than yesterday - English Language …
2015年7月21日 · 1. To add to Ian's answer, the type of construction used in. It was only yesterday that I last saw him. is called a cleft sentence. Cleft constructions are used to stress one or …
difference between twice as ... as and twice more than
In standard English you are more likely to hear the second sentence than the first. Technically, the two sentences mean different things. My salary is twice higher than yours. This means I get …
prepositional phrases - In a longer time or For a longer time
2020年10月15日 · "for a longer time" is correct; "in a longer time" is not. The reason is because what you are describing is the duration of the travel to the workplace. "For _____" is generally …