How to answer for "how much older are you than I am
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I would like to know - how I have to answer for such questions.
Can I answer - I am one year older than you are.
Can I answer - I am older than you by one year?
What is correct?
1.How much more expensive is your pen than mine?
It's one dollar more expensive than yours.
2.I am 70kg.You are 80kg.
You are 10 kg heavier than I am.
Are these answers correct?
Thanks for your attention!
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I would like to know - how I have to answer for such questions.
Can I answer - I am one year older than you are.
Can I answer - I am older than you by one year?
What is correct?
1.How much more expensive is your pen than mine?
It's one dollar more expensive than yours.
2.I am 70kg.You are 80kg.
You are 10 kg heavier than I am.
Are these answers correct?
Thanks for your attention!
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"One year", not "1 years".
– Michael Harvey
2 hours ago
@MichaelHarvey , Please,sorry for my inattention!I have already corrected that.
– Sckoriy
2 hours ago
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"One year" is better than "1 year". Writing numbers smaller than 10 as words is common in careful or formal writing.
– Michael Harvey
2 hours ago
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All is fine here. Except for your saying "answer for". You don't answer for questions in English. You just answer questions. No for. ("Answer for" actually also exists but it means something else entirely. It means that you have done something bad, or even committed a crime, and now you have to pay for it. So "how do I have to answer for such questions" means "how should I be punished for asking this".)
– RegDwigнt♦
1 hour ago
What would be a similar questions asking for a multiplier, not addend? Like, "I am 1.2 times higher than you".
– Rusty Core
57 mins ago
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I would like to know - how I have to answer for such questions.
Can I answer - I am one year older than you are.
Can I answer - I am older than you by one year?
What is correct?
1.How much more expensive is your pen than mine?
It's one dollar more expensive than yours.
2.I am 70kg.You are 80kg.
You are 10 kg heavier than I am.
Are these answers correct?
Thanks for your attention!
comparative
asked 3 hours ago
SckoriySckoriy
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I would like to know - how I have to answer for such questions.
Can I answer - I am one year older than you are.
Can I answer - I am older than you by one year?
What is correct?
1.How much more expensive is your pen than mine?
It's one dollar more expensive than yours.
2.I am 70kg.You are 80kg.
You are 10 kg heavier than I am.
Are these answers correct?
Thanks for your attention!
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"One year", not "1 years".
– Michael Harvey
2 hours ago
@MichaelHarvey , Please,sorry for my inattention!I have already corrected that.
– Sckoriy
2 hours ago
1
"One year" is better than "1 year". Writing numbers smaller than 10 as words is common in careful or formal writing.
– Michael Harvey
2 hours ago
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All is fine here. Except for your saying "answer for". You don't answer for questions in English. You just answer questions. No for. ("Answer for" actually also exists but it means something else entirely. It means that you have done something bad, or even committed a crime, and now you have to pay for it. So "how do I have to answer for such questions" means "how should I be punished for asking this".)
– RegDwigнt♦
1 hour ago
What would be a similar questions asking for a multiplier, not addend? Like, "I am 1.2 times higher than you".
– Rusty Core
57 mins ago
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"One year", not "1 years".
– Michael Harvey
2 hours ago
@MichaelHarvey , Please,sorry for my inattention!I have already corrected that.
– Sckoriy
2 hours ago
1
"One year" is better than "1 year". Writing numbers smaller than 10 as words is common in careful or formal writing.
– Michael Harvey
2 hours ago
2
All is fine here. Except for your saying "answer for". You don't answer for questions in English. You just answer questions. No for. ("Answer for" actually also exists but it means something else entirely. It means that you have done something bad, or even committed a crime, and now you have to pay for it. So "how do I have to answer for such questions" means "how should I be punished for asking this".)
– RegDwigнt♦
1 hour ago
What would be a similar questions asking for a multiplier, not addend? Like, "I am 1.2 times higher than you".
– Rusty Core
57 mins ago
"One year", not "1 years".
– Michael Harvey
2 hours ago
"One year", not "1 years".
– Michael Harvey
2 hours ago
@MichaelHarvey , Please,sorry for my inattention!I have already corrected that.
– Sckoriy
2 hours ago
@MichaelHarvey , Please,sorry for my inattention!I have already corrected that.
– Sckoriy
2 hours ago
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"One year" is better than "1 year". Writing numbers smaller than 10 as words is common in careful or formal writing.
– Michael Harvey
2 hours ago
"One year" is better than "1 year". Writing numbers smaller than 10 as words is common in careful or formal writing.
– Michael Harvey
2 hours ago
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All is fine here. Except for your saying "answer for". You don't answer for questions in English. You just answer questions. No for. ("Answer for" actually also exists but it means something else entirely. It means that you have done something bad, or even committed a crime, and now you have to pay for it. So "how do I have to answer for such questions" means "how should I be punished for asking this".)
– RegDwigнt♦
1 hour ago
All is fine here. Except for your saying "answer for". You don't answer for questions in English. You just answer questions. No for. ("Answer for" actually also exists but it means something else entirely. It means that you have done something bad, or even committed a crime, and now you have to pay for it. So "how do I have to answer for such questions" means "how should I be punished for asking this".)
– RegDwigнt♦
1 hour ago
What would be a similar questions asking for a multiplier, not addend? Like, "I am 1.2 times higher than you".
– Rusty Core
57 mins ago
What would be a similar questions asking for a multiplier, not addend? Like, "I am 1.2 times higher than you".
– Rusty Core
57 mins ago
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"One year", not "1 years".
– Michael Harvey
2 hours ago
@MichaelHarvey , Please,sorry for my inattention!I have already corrected that.
– Sckoriy
2 hours ago
1
"One year" is better than "1 year". Writing numbers smaller than 10 as words is common in careful or formal writing.
– Michael Harvey
2 hours ago
2
All is fine here. Except for your saying "answer for". You don't answer for questions in English. You just answer questions. No for. ("Answer for" actually also exists but it means something else entirely. It means that you have done something bad, or even committed a crime, and now you have to pay for it. So "how do I have to answer for such questions" means "how should I be punished for asking this".)
– RegDwigнt♦
1 hour ago
What would be a similar questions asking for a multiplier, not addend? Like, "I am 1.2 times higher than you".
– Rusty Core
57 mins ago