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by ronniecoleman » Sun Nov 16, 2008 11:12 pm
what is the difference between these sentences:

its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted.

its numbers are now five times more than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted.


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by schumi_gmat » Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:28 am
The First sentence is correct as numbers are countable and hence usage of greater is correct.
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by karmayogi » Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:45 am
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by Tomn » Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:47 am
so when would "more than" be used?
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by karmayogi » Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:16 am
Tomn wrote:so when would "more than" be used?

For number of objects.
E.g. For this relief work we need more than 500 million tons of food grains.
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