be smaller than you'll find

[5jj]

That's an extremely unatural sentence. where did you find it?

(a little later)
@nebo.

Did you just delete you post after I responded to it? Please don't do that. It means I wasted my time.

 

[teechar]

To the OP: note that I have merged your two posts into the thread you originally asked a similar question in.
In future, please do not start new threads, unless you want to ask about something different.

 

[5jj]

So where is the thread now?

 

[neb090]

That's an extremely unatural sentence. where did you find it?

I made these two sentences based on the following two sentences:

The output is twice as much as that of ten years ago.

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[5jj]

I made these two sentences based on ...

What has happened to the two sentences?

 

[neb090]

What has happened to the two sentences?

1. The output is twice as much as that of ten years ago.

2. The numbers of the machines are twice as many as those of ten years ago.

My questions are on page 1 in #19 and #20.

 

[5jj]

2. The numbers of the machines are twice as many as those of ten years ago.

Very unnatural. We'd say:

There are twice as many machines as there were ten years ago.

 

[dunchee]

Do you have the following usage in English:

1. The number of students in this school is three times as many as that of students in that school.

2. This school owns three times as many students as that school does.

1. Change "many" to "high/large/great".
2. A school doesn't "own" students. Replace it with "has" would work.

 

[neb090]

Very unnatural. We'd say:

There are twice as many machines as there were ten years ago.

So,

1. There are three times as many students in this school as there are in that school. (correct)

2. The number of students in this school is three times as many as that of students in that school. (wrong)

Is that right?

 

[neb090]

1. Change "many" to "high/large/great".
2. A school doesn't "own" students. Replace it with "has" would work.

Hi, dunchee.

So, as long as it is "the number", then I should use "as large/great/high as" not "as many as."

Am I right?

 

[5jj]

1. There are three times as many students in this school as there are in that school. (correct)
2. The number of students in this school is three times as many as that of students in that school. (wrong)

Is that right?

Yes.

 

[Tarheel]

School ABC has three times as many students as school XYZ.