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by bigpod 1411 days ago
this is not valid but its what people say 30 times smaller.
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jewayne 1411 days ago
I know and it drives me crazy. "Bigger" and "smaller" express differences, not fractions or multiples.
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nemetroid 1410 days ago
If I say "image A is 1 MB, image B is 30 times bigger", what is the size of B? I don't think many would respond "31 MB". If you consider it improper to use "bigger" in this way to express a multiple, how would you express that?
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