Oct 9, 2008 · 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" …

Dec 13, 2023 · In Russian, the verbs for "increase" and "decrease" are увеличивать and уменьшать. Both use the prefix у-, whereas the stems relate to "big" and "small", respectively. The semantic of …

Jan 25, 2012 · 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"...

Jun 5, 2006 · 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.

Jun 7, 2023 · 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? …

Jan 30, 2014 · Hello I need to know if these words are the same and I can use them interchangeably decrease , reduce and relieve specially if I want to talk about feelings or problems, can I say Working …

Jun 20, 2011 · 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 …

Oct 21, 2008 · 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 …

Oct 19, 2007 · To my ears, 'will have to be decreased' sounds even stranger than 'will have to decrease'. I would look for some other way of saying it. And although the verb 'decrease' exists, it is somewhat …

Aug 9, 2018 · Can you please lower down the volume/ lower the volume? Is there use of"lower down/lower and decrease"correct?