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jupiter · Sat Oct 14, 2006 5:06 am *Twice as expensive as VERSUS Twice more expensive as*

Hello Teachers,

Please see the following:

My book is twice as expensive as your book.

My book is twice more expensive than your book.

Is there any difference between the two?

Thanksin advance

Jupiter

canadian45 · Sat Oct 14, 2006 6:03 am *Twice as expensive as. vs. Twice more expensive as*

The first sentence is good, the second is not.

Yankee · Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:21 am *Twice as expensive as. vs. Twice more expensive as*

Hi Jupiter

You could possibly say "twice more" to mean "two additional times". For example: He rang the bell twice more.
But, generally speaking, I'd say "twice more than" would not be used by native speakers. It sounds odd to me.

Amy
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canadian45 · Sat Oct 14, 2006 20:47 pm *Twice as expensive as. vs. Twice more expensive as*

Following on what Yankee has imlpied, one of the reasons 'twice more expensive than' is not good English is that 'twice more expensive than' could logically be interpreted to mean 'three times as expensive as'.

Tom · Sat Oct 14, 2006 21:54 pm *Twice as expensive as. vs. Twice more expensive as*

Amy wrote:

He rang the bell twice more.

Did he ring the bell three times altogether?

Tom

Yankee · Sat Oct 14, 2006 22:34 pm *Twice as expensive as. vs. Twice more expensive as*

Hi Tom

It's not possible to know from my sentence how many times he rang the bell.

If he'd already rung the bell 5 times and then decided to ring twice more, it would end up being a total of 7 times, for example.

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