2 more weeks than the usual time. VS 2 weeks more than the usual time.

[Tae-Bbong-E]

Context is as below:
ABC company usually needs 1 week to deliver the goods to customers.
However due to COVID-19, they realized transit time currently takes 2 weeks more than the usual time. So they need to inform their customers that it will take them 2 more weeks to receive the goods.

In that case, can I write the following two sentences? and which one is correct? If both are wrong, could you give me a proper and correct sentence?

Dear Customers,
(1) It will take approximately 2 more weeks than the usual time.

(2) It will take approximately 2 weeks more than the usual time.

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PS: As far as I know, native speakers say things like this.
For example,
aa) You should go [STRIKE]to[/STRIKE] two more bus stops to get the library. --> Word order: [2 + more + bus stops]

bb) We have sold more than 2,000 toys. --> Word order: [more than + 2,000 + toys]

However I have no idea of a correct way about fused contents like my question.

 

[tedmc]

"Than the usual time" is understood.
I would say:
The delivery period is longer/extended by two weeks.

You should go [STRIKE]to 2[/STRIKE] two more bus stops to get the library.
"Two stops" is the distance, not the destination. You don't need "to".

 

[Tae-Bbong-E]

Hello, tedmc!

Thank you for the feedback.
So the below sentences are wrong??? Also do they have difference meanings between each other?

Dear Customers,
(1) It will take approximately 2 more weeks than the usual time.

(2) It will take approximately 2 weeks more than the usual time.

 

[Rover_KE]

So the [STRIKE]below[/STRIKE] following sentences are wrong? [STRIKE]??[/STRIKE] [use only a single question mark] Also do they have different meanings?[STRIKE] between each other?[/STRIKE]

Dear Customers,
(1) It will take approximately 2 more weeks than the usual time.

(2) It will take approximately 2 weeks more than the usual time.

Ted showed you that '2' should be 'two'.

They're understandable but clunky. Piscean gave you a better solution.

The bus stop question needs its own thread.

 

[Tae-Bbong-E]

Keep it simple: It will take approximately 2 more weeks than usual.

Hi, thank you.
(1) It will take approximately 2 more weeks than the usual time. (Not good)
--> It will take approximately 2 more weeks than usual. (O)



By the way, (2) It will take approximately 2 weeks more than the usual time. (X) Ungrammatical.
[more than the usual time] cannot modify 2 weeks, can it?
I guess in this sentence 2 weeks is noun as part of speech. am I right?

I mean, native speakers usually say the patterns like this. [more than + digits + plural noun]
For example,
There are more than 100 guests.
Do not write more than 200 words.
We have hired more than 50 skilled IT workers.
More than 20 shops were looted.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Hi, thank you.
[STRIKE](1) It will take approximately 2 more weeks than the usual time. (Not good)[/STRIKE]
--> It will take approximately two weeks longer than usual. (O)

[STRIKE]By the way, [/STRIKE](2) It will take approximately two weeks longer than[STRIKE] the[/STRIKE] usual[STRIKE] time[/STRIKE]. [STRIKE](X) Ungrammatical.[/STRIKE]

More than [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] usual [STRIKE]time[/STRIKE][STRIKE]][/STRIKE] cannot modify two weeks, can it?

I guess in this sentence two weeks is noun as part of speech?. Am I right?

I mean, native speakers usually say the patters like this. [more than + digits + plural noun]

Patters?

For example,
There are more than a hundred guests.
Do not write more than two hundred words.
We have hired more than fifty skilled IT workers.
More than twenty shops were looted.

In this context, the usual time is not natural. We use it this way:

- I'll be there at the usual time.
- What's the usual time for lunch here?

Approximately is okay, but about is more natural: It will take about two weeks longer than usual.

 

[Tdol]

So the below sentences are wrong?

If you want to use one of them, use the second IMO.