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.
reduce/decrease When they are used in "verb + noun" form, what's (if any) the main difference between them? Are the following phrases correct? 1. reduce air pollution decrease air pollution 2. reduce happiness decrease happiness 3. reduce the speed decrease the speed 4. reduce...
Hyundai has developed a new active aerodynamics system for electric vehicles, in the form of "active air skirts" ahead of the front wheels that can increase downforce and stability, while reducing ...
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?
I have been wondering about crescendo and decrescendo in music after listerning to Brahms's second pianoconcerto, but about the words mainly. ;-) I am somewhat amazed that decrescendo is literally "de-growing", which seems fairly strange as such. (Of course we have got acquainted with...
Hi, can you tell "temperature was decreased up to -20ºC"? I don't know if you can tell "down to" instead. any suggestion? thanks for helping.
Hi to everybody! I have read a few post about "Increase in/of" and actually I can't understand when should I use increase in or increase of. For example: "An increase of sound velocity and a decrease of the wave amplitude were found when the magnetic field is applied",I've been told I should...