4 times fewer

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Help me out -- I hate phrases like "4 times less" or "10 ...
They say four times more means adding the number back four times . By that logic, ten times less should mean subtracting the number ten times .

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People commonly use phrases such as 'This is 'x' times ...
People commonly use phrases such as "This is 'x' times smaller/less/lighter/slower than that". For example "This ball is 4 times smaller than that one". ...

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four times less - Перевод на русский - примеры английский
Перевод "four times less" на русский · четыре раза ниже · 4 раза меньше · вчетверо меньше. Показать больше [...] Предложения. up to four times less · four ...

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What does four times less mean?
What does "four times less" mean? To me it seems like nonsense. What's four times less than 100 or four times less than a pint?

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Has "N times less" become commonplace? [duplicate]
16 авг. 2018 г. — This question already has an answer here

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Times Less and Times Fewer? Bad Choices. - thebettereditor
28 авг. 2019 г. — Personally, I think “ times less ” and its “ times -er” kin are about the closest things to abominations that a writer or speaker of English can ...

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«x times less» – bad way to express a ratio?
12 февр. 2014 г. — Grammatically correct would be

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"Times Less Than"
5 февр. 2024 г. — The theory is that " times " refers to multiplication, so "5 times less than B" to mean "B/5" is mistaken, though "5 times more than" to mean "5xB" (or possibly ...

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20 times less...?
20 мая 2021 г. — 4 times less is colloquial for 1 fourth . I get the frustration but this sort of imprecise language is common. Gotta rely on context and custom.