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Bookmark or Share- differences - "X times as many as" or "X times more than" - English ...While "10% more" means 1.1x the original, making "300% more" logically mean 4x the original, this doesn't happen with "X times more." You would never say "a tenth times more" or "half times more" or even "one time (s) more." And "one and a half times more" should be 1.5x the original. On the other hand, "three times as many more" would indeed ...
- Does a "tenfold increase" mean multiplying something by 10 or by 11?The intended audience is even more likely than the average lay person to challenge whichever meaning of x-fold increase you happen to settle on. – John Y Commented Aug 31, 2017 at 21:34
- "most likely" OR "mostly likely" [closed] - English Language & Usage ..."Most likely" and "Mostly likely" mean different things, though "most likely" is far more common. As far as I can remember, I have never heard "mostly likely" used outside of this question, and "most likely" is a very common phrase. Most likely means that of all the possible choices, this one is the most probable. E.g.
- What is the difference between "probably" and "possibly"?Probably indicates that the laws of probability say that it's more likely to happen than not to happen. On the other hand, if something is possible, then it can happen. Whether it will or not is irrelevant. The chances are better than zero. It doesn't say anything about how probable it is. It could be that the chances are .000000001% or that ...
- grammaticality - Twice as likely or twice more likely - English ...Here is a Google Ngram chart that shows that the difference between "twice as likely" and "twice more likely" is much greater than the difference between "two times as likely" and "two times more likely" or "three times as likely" and "three times more likely." You can see that "twice more likely" is at the very bottom. However, if you click ...
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