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Compare two countries
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ELOJOLIE274
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Compare two countries
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Hi,
i �d like some insights on these two sentences:
you can say "Australia is 13 times bigger than France",
but I have some trouble choosing between those two sentences: "South Africa is twice as big as France" and "South Africa is 2 times bigger than France". According to me, they have the same meaning, so I can use both of them, DO YOU AGREE???
I �m creating a game for my students and and don �t want to write any mistakes...
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29 Dec 2009
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FroggyClaudine
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Hello, I think "twice" as big is right whereas two times bigger seems wrong. Two times is irregular and becomes twice, that �s why I �d go for this solution and not the other one. |
29 Dec 2009
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SaraMariam
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Hello Elojolie. As far as I know both are correct. Twice is possibly more common in British (and Australian) English, whereas "two times" is more common in US English.
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29 Dec 2009
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ELOJOLIE274
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thanks girls! it �s just that I could find both sentences on the internet, so I wanted to check before finishing my powerpoint!
thanks a lot  |
29 Dec 2009
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