Hi, I'd like to know what sounds better to you: "decrease in turnover" or "decrease of turnover" "decrease in pressure" or "decrease of pressure" "increase in taxes" or "increase of taxes" "drop in income" or "drop of income" Is there a certain way to know when to chose IN and when OF?
Use "decrease" to match your description. Remember, what you should be describing is what the data represents, not the form it is presented in. This does not mean that you cannot say that the number of local calls decreased in each of the three years 2000-2002, and then use "decreases", but don't feel that you have to describe the shape of the chart. If the data had been plotted on a line ...
Unfortunately English is ambiguous in this respect. People argue about it. Everyone thinks it's obvious that 'four times bigger' means X and 'four times as big' means Y, but they disagree about X and Y. If the budget was £1000 and it increased (by) eight times, or by a factor of eight, or by eight, is it now £8000 or £9000? We have previous threads about this, though I'm not sure how you ...
Hello, forum gurus! According to educational psychologist Susan Engel, curiosity begins to decrease as young as four years old. Curious (from the 4th line) Is the bold font part correct? Shouldn't it be "decrease at as young as four years old"? Some help or hint would be greatly apreciated.
Hi people. Is reach a plateau used only after an increase and not a decrease, whereas "level off" can be used after either an increase or a decrease? The price increased and then reached a plateau. :tick: The price decreased and then reached a plateau. :cross: The price increased and then...
To my ears, 'will have to be decreased' sounds even stranger than 'will have to decrease'. I would look for some other way of saying it. And although the verb 'decrease' exists, it is somewhat formal and academic. You might use it in a technical paper but not in ordinary dialogue. How about using 'reduce' instead? 'Our company's net loss will have to be reduced by double digits in order to ...
"The decrease in oil consumption" is the correct way of saying this. "Decrease of sth " is used more for expressing by how much something has decreased, e.g. They saw a decrease of 40% in sales etc.
Dear English speakers, could you help me decide whether I must use 'by' to specify how much times one number increased / decreased in relation to another number, as in the example below. To me, it looks like there is substantial difference in the meaning. The company's revenue increased two...
In Russian, the verbs for "increase" and "decrease" are увеличивать and уменьшать. Both use the prefix у-, whereas the stems relate to "big" and "small", respectively. The semantic of the prefix basically has to do with the "orbit" of the subject/object, which in many verbs is further interpreted as some kind of distancing.
What will a native use: Can you please turn down the volume? Or Can you please decrease the volume? Or Can you please lower down the volume/ lower the volume? Is there use of"lower down/lower and decrease"correct? Thank you
