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  1. in two weeks/ weeks' or week's time? | WordReference Forums

    Apr 10, 2008 · hi there can someone tell me what expression I should use in two weeks/ weeks' or week's time? Thank you

  2. To increase/decrease/reduce by X times/times. - WordReference …

    Jan 25, 2012 · If you are not, and the people you are speaking to might think "by four times" means to add an amount that is 4× the base amount (making the new total five times the …

  3. a family of three/four/five etc - WordReference Forums

    Jun 29, 2008 · Hello. "I have a family of three/four/five." Does this mean that the speaker has three/four/five children?

  4. Saying years - how to speak, pronounce, year numbers ... 2020, 2090

    May 21, 2006 · Hello everyone! I'm confused with years. We say 1994 (nineteen ninety-four) but 2001 (two thousand and one) But how do we say 2020? twenty twenty or two thousand and …

  5. The role of "once" in "once every X days" | WordReference Forums

    May 20, 2018 · But please see the following revised calendars. I think a simple YES or NO answer will be very helpful in this case. There are four "Once a week"s in the calendars. Are …

  6. once or one time? / one time too many | WordReference Forums

    Aug 7, 2005 · For me, the normal series is once, twice, 3 times, 4 times, etc. "one time" and "two times" in the sense equivalent to "once" and "twice" are to me slightly more emphatic versions. …

  7. Telling the Time (0 = 'oh') | WordReference Forums

    Apr 12, 2006 · Hi everybody, We can tell the time this way: It's one fifteen. It's one twenty. But: It's one oh five. When to add "oh"? I am wondering whether it's one oh ten or one ten :-< Thank …

  8. In a chaise and four - WordReference Forums

    Jan 5, 2015 · A chaise is a type of closed carriage seating up to three people. The “Four” refers to the number of horses pulling the carriage. However, most chaises only had two horses pulling …

  9. Telling time: a quarter or quarter [to/past] - WordReference Forums

    Nov 16, 2010 · Northwest England - near Blackburn, Lancashire British English Nov 16, 2010 #6 If you ask me what time it is I say 'Quarter past one'. If you forced me to use four or five words …

  10. three times longer than=three times as long as? - WordReference …

    Sep 5, 2010 · Unless the speaker or writer defined it differently, I would suppose that three times longer than meant the same thing as four times as long as. "Longer" seems to refer to the …