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Meaning of "The population has increased 3 times"



 
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Meaning of "The population has increased 3 times" #1 (permalink) Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:27 am   Meaning of "The population has increased 3 times"
 

Initially it was -1
Now it is - 3
"The population has increased 3 times"
Is this correct?
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Meaning of "The population has increased 3 times" #2 (permalink) Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:07 am   Meaning of "The population has increased 3 times"
 

Hi Suresh,

What you have written is that over a period of time the population has gone up three times. If you mean that the population has increased by a factor of three, you would have to say: The population has increased threefold or three times as much.

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Meaning of "The population has increased 3 times" #3 (permalink) Mon Jul 20, 2009 23:40 pm   Meaning of "The population has increased 3 times"
 

Hi everybody,

Sorry for upping an old thread, but I wonder why it is "by a factor of three" ("by a factor 3") and not "by the factor of three". Any suggestions?

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