bigger than vs as big as Hello! In this sentence it is quite difficult to choose between "bigger than" and "as big as" Why is it impossible to say, "France is twice bigger than the UK?" Context "Ji

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bigger than vs as big as Hello! In this sentence it is quite difficult to choose between "bigger than" and "as big as" Why is it impossible to say, "France is twice bigger than the UK?" Context "Jim: Have you made up your mind about where to go on holiday? Mike: I've narrowed down my choices to two (1) large countries, France and Mexico. What do you think? Jim: Well, France is one of (2) countries in Europe. Did you know it's twice (3) bigger than / as big as the UK? Since you've got eight weeks off (4) work, you could go on a cycling tour of the country." Thank you!

22 avr. 2019 11:34

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In English as a language, it is conventional to use "twice as big as". Logically it means, big in double places. Mathematically, "big" could be imagined as the unit and "twice" as the variable; that is: 2 × big. On the other hand, you could say, two times bigger. The rule, summarily: - Twice as big as - Two times bigger than

22 avril 2019

Thank you, Benjamin!

22 avril 2019

If you use a cardinal number (two, five, eighteen) you would then naturally follow it with 'times' then the comparative adjective. with, 'twice', 'half' or 'a fraction' and similar quantifiers, we use as.. adjective ..as. For three times, there is 'thrice'. This is considered antiquated and only sees use in period literature.

22 avril 2019

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