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From: Enrico C <enrico.c@spamcop.net>
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Subject: Re: "More than" versus "Less than"
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 17:06:59 +0100
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Celery | alt.languages.english
in <news:4a214d7c.0401270723.7f059c9c@posting.google.com>
> How do you interpret the meaning of "more than" and "less than"? If
> someone says "more than 30", does it mean a value greater than 30 (30
> excluded) or a value greater than 30 (30 included)? If someone says
> "less than 30", does it mean a value smaller than 30 (30 excluded)?
I think that if you say "More than 30 tomato cans.", that means 31,
32, 33 or 34 tomato cans, and so on, NOT 30 tomato cans.
But, if you say "More than two years.", that might be two years and a
day or two years and six month, not necessarily 3 or 4 years.
> Do you personally think that there is a cultural difference in the
> perception of "more than" and "less than" across different native
> language speakers?
Dunno.
> Thanks in advance for your input
You are welcome!
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Enrico C ~ No native speaker
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