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word choice - English Language Usage Stack Exchange In "x times smaller," the word "smaller" inverts the ratio There are of course other ways of expressing this, but that's a matter of style Using "by a factor of" doesn't necessarily fix things: (1) A millimeter is ten times smaller than a centimeter (2) A millimeter is smaller than a centimeter by a factor of 10
word choice - Is the account balance less or smaller when we . . . A large negative balance is certainly not smaller than a small positive balance, but it is less, by the accepted meaning of the word To say that one amount is smaller than another is, strictly speaking, to preclude the possibility of its being negative, or otherwise to assume that one is speaking of non-negative amounts
Smaller vs. less vs. lesser - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Smaller in amount, value, or importance, especially in a comparison between two things: chose the lesser evil Of a smaller size than other, similar forms: the lesser anteater Lesser refers to something discrete and is a specific comparison between two things Less is also comparative, but does not refer to an explicit amount I want less sugar
What is a word that describes cities, towns, and villages? Closed 7 years ago According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a city is "an inhabited place of greater size, population, or importance than a town or village"; a town is "a compactly settled area usually larger than a village but smaller than a city"; and a village is "a settlement usually larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town"
Phrase for focusing on unimportant details [duplicate] I'm looking for an idiom or saying that I could use when people are focusing too much on small details and not seeing the big picture A couple that come to mind are "being penny-wise and pound fo
word choice - Can something become increasingly smaller? - English . . . So, yes, something can logically become increasingly smaller Of course, if the total number of protesters is staying the same, but they are simply breaking into smaller groups, then the number of groups is in fact increasing
Comparative and Superlative for little? - English Language Usage . . . If about size, there are two options, more formal is that you switch to 'small': little, smaller, smallest Informally it is: little, littler, littlest 'More little'' and 'most little' are formal and old fashioned to me I'd make an answer out of this but ngrams is difficult to navigate for this ('littler' is a common surname)