Hello, my friends,
I came across these sentence in a book named Common Errors in English Usage:
Mathematically literate folks object to expressions like "my paycheck is three times smaller than it used to be" because "times" indicates multiplication and should logically apply only to increases in size. Say "one third as large" instead.
I was wondering what does "large" refer to.
I came across these sentence in a book named Common Errors in English Usage:
Mathematically literate folks object to expressions like "my paycheck is three times smaller than it used to be" because "times" indicates multiplication and should logically apply only to increases in size. Say "one third as large" instead.
I was wondering what does "large" refer to.