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.
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.
Humans adjust to changes in temperature by putting on a sweater or taking off layers. Plants adjust to temperature changes, in part, by switching the way they express the protein that performs the ...
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?
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...
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...
Hello everybody. I have some problems when I want to say that something needs to be increased/decreased several times. I don't want to use "six,seven-fold"...