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TALA
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
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 Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:01 am Post subject: as much as many |
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Hi,
Please help explain which sentence is the correct one.
The incidence of car accidents in county A is nearly three times the incidence of car accidents in county B.
The incidence of car accidents in county A is nearly three times higher than the incidence of car accidents in county B.
The incidence of car accidents in county A is nearly three times as much as the incidence of car accidents in county B.
The incidence of car accidents in county A is nearly three times as many as the incidence of car accidents in county B.
Another question is : Can we replace "incidence" with "rate or percentage or frequencey"?
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bud
Joined: 09 Mar 2003
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Location: New Jersey, US
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All are correct except for the third one. They are just different ways to say the same thing.
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| The incidence of car accidents in county A is nearly three times as much as the incidence of car accidents in county B. |
"Much" doesn't work here because "incidents" are countable. The correct version is the next sentence which uses "many."
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| Another question is : Can we replace "incidence" with "rate or percentage or frequencey"? |
Definitely "rate" and "frequency" work well. I don't think "percentage" does because it leaves the question, "Percentage of what?"
Nice job, Tala! |
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