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Meaning of “x is 35 times less than y" [closed]
I’m not sure of whether this is grammatically correct, although I've encountered the same expression many times before.
Most Google searches show it produces 35 times less carbon than the report ...
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Should it be “mid 80s” or “mid-80s”?
When discussing temperatures or decades, should it be hyphenated?
I understood that two-word adjectives need to be hyphenated, but why does MS Word think this should be, too?
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Why is there a “one” before “hundred”, “thousand”, etc. but not “ten”?
As the title says, why is there a "one" before "hundred", before "thousand", and so on, but not before "ten"?
This seems shared between some languages, including Chinese (10 = 十 = ten, 100 = 一百 = one ...
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How to write numbers in words
How do we translate 1210 into words:
1) one thousand, two hundred, and ten
2) one thousand, two hundred and ten
or without the commas
3) one thousand two hundred and ten
4) one thousand two ...
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Plurality of numbers between -1 and 1
If I recall correctly, the Académie française states that, for French, quantities comprised within [-1,1] are singular, and anything else is plural. This means, for instance, that we should say (in ...
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Rule for adding “and” or hyphens between numbers that are spelled out fully in text
For example, take the number 342. It could be written out a number of different ways when spelled out fully.
Three hundred forty two
Three hundred and forty two
Three hundred and forty-two
What is ...
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How do I determine subject and subject complement in “A side-effect is the spread of commercialese to other domains.”?
Consider this example:
Commercialese is an instrument of art,
designed to enrich and invigorate our
language—surely you will all agree
with this—, and we should encourage newcomers to learn ...
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How to compare quantities and values?
Which is the correct way to compare two values or quantities? Apart from 'greater than', or 'lower than', could you say something like '1 is close to 2, but far from 9'?
