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faster or more faster..? #1 (permalink) Wed Jan 28, 2009 13:05 pm   faster or more faster..?
 

Here is a line I found on internet..

" The fastest Pentium 4 might be 60 percent faster than the fastest Celeron. .."

I think here it must be .." The fastest Pentium 4 might be 60 percent more faster than the fastest Celeron.

Please guide me if I am wrong..

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faster or more faster..? #2 (permalink) Wed Jan 28, 2009 13:15 pm   faster or more faster..?
 

The comparative of the adjective fast is faster. (fast, faster, fastest)
"More faster" does not exist.

The comparative of the adjective expensive is more expensive. (expensive, more expensive, most expensive)

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fast or faster to understand... #3 (permalink) Wed Jan 28, 2009 13:37 pm   fast or faster to understand...
 

Thank you dear Torsten..

For example if you say B is 60 percent faster than A, then B is not as fast as A. Because B is not 100 percent as fast as A. This will mean that B is less faster A. Am I right..?

So in my opinion that sentence should be.." The fastest Pentium 4 might be 160 percent faster than the fastest Celeron. .." ..because we want to mean that Pentium 4 is 60 percent more efficient than Celeron..

Please let me know if I am understanding this fully..

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faster or more faster..? #4 (permalink) Wed Jan 28, 2009 14:07 pm   faster or more faster..?
 

If the Pentium is 60% faster than the Celeron, the Pentium has 160% of the Celeron speed.

This means the Celeron is slower than the Pentium.

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