A few students have asked me about how to use 'double', 'twice as', 'three times', 'twofold', 'threefold' etc. Compare how each word/phrase is used in the following examples:
1. 'double' (verb)
The number of unemployed people doubled between 2005 and 2009.
2. 'twice as...as/compared to', 'three times as...as/compared to'
There were twice as many unemployed people in 2009 as in 2005.
Twice as many people were unemployed in 2009 compared to 2005.
3. 'twofold', 'threefold' (adjective or adverb)
There was a twofold increase in the number of unemployed people between 2005 and 2009. (adjective with the noun 'increase')
The number of unemployed people increased twofold between 2005 and 2009. (adverb with the verb 'increase')
Try using these forms in your own sentences. Make sure you follow the patterns.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 4, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Double
... is used in the following examples: 1. double verb The number of unemployed people d...
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Line 4, column 3, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Twice
...ople doubled between 2005 and 2009. 2. twice as...as/compared to, three times as...a...
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Line 7, column 3, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Twofold
...nemployed in 2009 compared to 2005. 3. twofold, threefold adjective or adverb There w...
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Line 8, column 88, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Adjective
...nemployed people between 2005 and 2009. adjective with the noun increase The number of u...
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Line 9, column 74, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Adverb
...ncreased twofold between 2005 and 2009. adverb with the verb increase Try using these...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 4.0 7.0 57% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 0.0 1.00243902439 0% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 6.8 59% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 0.0 3.15609756098 0% => OK
Pronoun: 4.0 5.60731707317 71% => OK
Preposition: 19.0 33.7804878049 56% => More preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 0.0 3.97073170732 0% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 670.0 965.302439024 69% => OK
No of words: 128.0 196.424390244 65% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.234375 4.92477711251 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.36358566101 3.73543355544 90% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.77474661005 2.65546596893 104% => OK
Unique words: 72.0 106.607317073 68% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.5625 0.547539520022 103% => OK
syllable_count: 184.5 283.868780488 65% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.45097560976 96% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 0.0 1.53170731707 0% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.33902439024 69% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.07073170732 187% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.482926829268 0% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 3.36585365854 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 9.0 8.94146341463 101% => OK
Sentence length: 14.0 22.4926829268 62% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 28.615371851 43.030603864 67% => OK
Chars per sentence: 74.4444444444 112.824112599 66% => OK
Words per sentence: 14.2222222222 22.9334400587 62% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.0 5.23603664747 0% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 9.0 3.83414634146 235% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 5.0 1.69756097561 295% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 3.70975609756 135% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 1.13902439024 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.09268292683 98% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0198758745241 0.215688989381 9% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.011761508997 0.103423049105 11% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0139026577983 0.0843802449381 16% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0109315159199 0.15604864568 7% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0125294392471 0.0819641961636 15% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.3 13.2329268293 78% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 74.19 61.2550243902 121% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.51609756098 48% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 6.4 10.3012195122 62% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.46 11.4140731707 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.04 8.06136585366 87% => OK
difficult_words: 22.0 40.7170731707 54% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 11.4329268293 57% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 7.6 10.9970731707 69% => OK
text_standard: 7.0 11.0658536585 63% => The average readability is low. Need to imporve the language.
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum four paragraphs wanted.
Minimum 250 words wanted.
It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 11.2359550562 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 9
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