Apr 21, 2012 · The cost of gasoline is more than it was last year. In some Olympic events, strength matters more than speed. Some rules of geometry get very complicated in more than three dimensions. More than anything else, communication is the key to a happy marriage. Clearly, the use of more than and better than are not interchangeable in those examples.

Mar 31, 2017 · If more than used for brushing is accidentally swallowed, get medical help or contact a poison control center right away.” In the months following the new warning, toothpaste consumer lines fielded hundreds of questions from worried parents, and poison control centers were flooded with calls as well.

Apr 30, 2021 · more than 2. is > 2, meaning. greater than but not including 2. your other phrase. two or more. is very succinct and clear, you could also use. at least 2. to mean ">= 2", it does not need to be entirely spelled out as. greater than or equal to 2

Feb 10, 2019 · For example, we can say "He's more of a singer than a dancer", which means that he's more like a singer than a dancer. However, I would like to know if we can use it when the words we are describing are preceded by "the", which is also an article. For example, can we use "The cause of the disaster was more of the operator than the machine itself"?

Apr 9, 2020 · Any more than is a special idiomatic construction that occurs only in negative contexts. Without the not in don't want (however you say or spell it), *I want to do it any more/less than you do is ungrammatical. And less would also be ungrammatical with the negative, because less is also negative: *I don't want to do it any less than you do ...

Dec 30, 2015 · I drank less than a pint of milk The restaurant had fewer than twenty people. The opposite of. greater than. is. less than. and has more of a mathematical favour about it: <, > but the opposite could also be. smaller than. if greater is used in the context of size. Its size was greater than a mountain, but smaller than a planet.

Apr 18, 2015 · Here's where French wins out. They have any number of words that express approximate quantities that are more than several but fewer than many: une dizaine (around 10), une douzaine (12), une quinzaine (15), une vingtaine (20), etc. I often find myself wanting to say "there are a twenty of those..." in English. –

In standard English you are more likely to hear the second sentence than the first. Technically, the two sentences mean different things. My salary is twice higher than yours. This means I get paid three times your salary. My salary is twice as high as …

The construction [not X] any more than [Y] is a way of comparing a primary negative assertion to an obviously absurd positive secondary assertion. The underlying logic is: [X] is not any more true than [Y] … that is, it is equally untrue [Going to church makes you a Christian] is not any more true than [going to a garage makes you a car].

Aug 15, 2015 · MORE is the comparative form of " much & many". So it carries its normal meaning in this respect. It also means greater quantity/degree being used as adjective or adverb: * 10 is 2 more than 8 * He is more in sorrow than in anger.