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- Decrease in of - WordReference Forums
Hi, I'd like to know what sounds better to you: "decrease in turnover" or "decrease of turnover" "decrease in pressure" or "decrease of pressure" "increase in taxes" or "increase of taxes" "drop in income" or "drop of income" Is there a certain way to know when to chose IN and when OF?
- To increase decrease reduce by X times times.
Unfortunately English is ambiguous in this respect People argue about it Everyone thinks it's obvious that 'four times bigger' means X and 'four times as big' means Y, but they disagree about X and Y If the budget was £1000 and it increased (by) eight times, or by a factor of eight, or by eight, is it now £8000 or £9000? We have previous threads about this, though I'm not sure how you
- increase decrease (by) . . . times - WordReference Forums
Dear English speakers, could you help me decide whether I must use 'by' to specify how much times one number increased decreased in relation to another number, as in the example below To me, it looks like there is substantial difference in the meaning The company's revenue increased two
- Decrease vs. increase - WordReference Forums
In Russian, the verbs for "increase" and "decrease" are увеличивать and уменьшать Both use the prefix у-, whereas the stems relate to "big" and "small", respectively The semantic of the prefix basically has to do with the "orbit" of the subject object, which in many verbs is further interpreted as some kind of distancing
- reach a plateau level off | WordReference Forums
Hi people Is reach a plateau used only after an increase and not a decrease, whereas "level off" can be used after either an increase or a decrease? The price increased and then reached a plateau :tick: The price decreased and then reached a plateau :cross: The price increased and then
- The decrease in of - WordReference Forums
"The decrease in oil consumption" is the correct way of saying this "Decrease of sth " is used more for expressing by how much something has decreased, e g They saw a decrease of 40% in sales etc
- To decrease up - WordReference Forums
"To decrease by up to" could make sense "Illiteracy in the urban population has decreased by up to forty percent" - this means that the biggest reduction recorded in any one town is forty percent In the town (s) showing a forty percent reduction, illiteracy has been reduced by forty percent Edit: I have just seen post #3, in reply to which:
- Decrease lower turn down the volume - WordReference Forums
What will a native use: Can you please turn down the volume? Or Can you please decrease the volume? Or Can you please lower down the volume lower the volume? Is there use of"lower down lower and decrease"correct? Thank you
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