That CR question on "twice as many...." should be a throwaway....

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<p>That question doesn’t really have a clear right answer, because 2 could be right.</p>

<p>*i’m just going to use bugs, peru, and america for the nouns cuz it doesnt matter"</p>

<li><p>Twice as many bugs impact peru AS IMPACT america
-looks like it could be correct, but is it an improper use of the word as? by dictionary definition as CANNOT be followed by a verb unless the noun following it is doing the action. And because america isn’t doing the impact, it shouldn’t be correct… If you say “as” you’re comparing america to bugs, when you’re trying to compare the number of bugs impacting peru to the number of bugs impacting america. In which case shouldn’t you use “than”?</p></li>
<li><p>“Twice as many bugs impact peru THAN america”
-It sounds awkward but could be correct if you think of “twice as many” as “more” or “twice more”. But maybe “than” can only be used if you’re saying “more than, less than” but when you’re saying “equal to” you use “as”. BUT the sentence isn’t saying equal to, it’s saying twice as many.</p></li>
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<p>-number two could be wrong because it could be comparing bugs to america as well. </p>

<p>-number one would be following the “as many…as” combination. so that’s plausible.</p>

<p>But wouldn’t the correct answer be “Twice as many bugs impact peru THAN IMPACT america”?</p>

<p>-but that wasn’t even an answer choice, so i don’t know. </p>

<p>-It’s tough and could go either way. I said “than” but i’m leaning more and more to “as impact”. “as impact” is correct IF it is proper english to put a verb in front of the as in the “twice as many…” comparison.
AND if saying “twice as many” doesn’t follow the rules as “twice more”.</p>

<p>aahhhh i’m confusing myself. Any explanations?</p>

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<p>ok now it’s even more of a toss up.</p>

<p>turns out that to say “twice as many boys than girls…” is a correct sentence.</p>

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<p>ok now i’m pretty sure that “as impact” is right.</p>

<p>“Twice as many people like rock as like pop” thats correct right?</p>

<p>danngit. </p>

<p>now it’s also right to say:</p>

<p>“Twice as many people go to the new one than go to the old one”</p>

<p>so to say “twice as many people go to the new one than the old one” is also right because the “go” is implied. </p>

<p>So a true right answer would read “twice as many bugs impact peru than impact america”. but that wasn’t even a choice…</p>

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<p>“twice as many people are addicted to pot than are addicted to alcohol”
-that’s right.</p>

<p>“twice as many people are addicted to pot as are addicted to alcohol”
i think thats right</p>

<p>“twice as many people are addicted to pot than to alcohol”
i think thats right too</p>

<p>-haha i’m like talking to myself…</p>

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<p>I’m pretty good at grammar, and that one threw me for a loop. I don’t remember what I put down. </p>

<p>Try asking your English teacher, if he or she is competent. Mine is not. I can try asking past teachers, if I can find time to.</p>