Gray towel Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

I'm confused with "twice as many ____ as ____"

"I bought twice as many bananas as apples". Are there more bananas or apples? Is it "# of bananas = 2 x # of apples" or the other way around? Thank you

  

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gray towel "I bought twice as many bananas as apples". Are there more bananas or apples? Is it "# of bananas = 2 x # of apples" or the other way around?

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gray towel

"I bought twice as many bananas as apples". Are there more bananas or apples? Is it "# of bananas = 2 x # of apples" or the other way around? (You're correct, not the other way round.)