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minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoTwice more is plus two, not times two
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-215 hours agoI’ve never seen ‘twice’ used like that, do you have a link to back that up? If I search “twice more” on the web, I get zero results.
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-215 hours agoIt’s how I learnt to use the words. “Twice as much” or “twice as many” = 2x, “twice more than” is +2. It’s less than perfectly standard, but it’s unambiguous in English as I was taught
0 x 2 = 0
Twice more is plus two, not times two
I’ve never seen ‘twice’ used like that, do you have a link to back that up? If I search “twice more” on the web, I get zero results.
It’s how I learnt to use the words. “Twice as much” or “twice as many” = 2x, “twice more than” is +2. It’s less than perfectly standard, but it’s unambiguous in English as I was taught