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by aspirant2011 » Sun May 22, 2011 9:06 am
I am posting just to know the correct usage :-)............but what's wrong with the usage of "more likely than" I read somewhere that more should be followed by than
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by Jim@Grockit » Sun May 22, 2011 6:19 pm
He is four times as likely to spill his coffee as she is. If her chance is 1 in 10, his is 4 in 10.

He is four times more likely to spill his coffee than she is. If her chance is 1 in 10, his is 5 in 10 (her chance plus an additional four times more) or 4 in 10 (since his chance is four times hers). I've seen this both ways in everyday English.
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