Did you know that "3 times bigger than" and "3 times as big as" are NOT the same?!
After much debate (in both English and Chinese) and several browsed websites, I confirmed this to be true. Americans general use them interchangeably, but of course Chinese are a little more mathematically wary than others...
Never have I thought more about the English language than since I started teaching 2 weeks ago...
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Byron Yee
TEFL English Teacher - Shenzhen, China
After much debate (in both English and Chinese) and several browsed websites, I confirmed this to be true. Americans general use them interchangeably, but of course Chinese are a little more mathematically wary than others...
Never have I thought more about the English language than since I started teaching 2 weeks ago...
--
Byron Yee
TEFL English Teacher - Shenzhen, China
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