2001-09-10
This is driving me crazy! I'm going to give this up right now and go to
bed.
Good Night!
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, 2001-09-09 23:28
Subject: [USMA:15181] Re: Fwd: Innumerate Journalists
> John Schweisthal wrote:
> ... thus Americans pay 102 % of what Mexicans pay. Or, 1.02 times more.
>
> "More" is additive. Thus 1.02 times more is 202%, or 2.02 times AS MUCH.
>
> In the vernacular, "more" is used as a synonym for "as much." However, I
> regard that as sloppy and innumerate thinking. I decided, fifty years ago,
> that I would avoid the expression altogether. So far, I've never made an
> exception.
>
> (Remember, if you do something "once more" or "one more time," then you've
> done it twice.)
>
> Bill Potts, CMS
> Roseville, CA
> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
>
