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by aditya8062 » Thu Mar 07, 2013 7:33 am
while i do understand that "X times as much as" and "X times as many as" are legitimate construction ,what i do want to know is "X times more than" a legitimate construction ?
can instructors plz direct me to some official problem that uses "X times more than" construction ,if at all it is legitimate construction

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by Jim@StratusPrep » Thu Mar 28, 2013 10:11 am
It is of course a legitimate construction, but not one that I have really seen used (or at least I don't remember it). Do you have a specific example(?), because the breakdown of what it means depends on the context....
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