Product X costs three times less than Product Y.

[kaylasdad99]

@Alley_Dweller

The word you are looking for is “semantically.” There is nothing wrong with the syntax of the sentence.

Thank you. Please mentally make the appropriate substitution in my post.

[kaylasdad99]

@pulykamell

It’s still somewhat ambiguous, I’d argue. To me, “twice as much” clearly means 2X, but I can see somebody making an argument for 2X+X or 3X. It’s tricky.

Now, “two times MORE” should mean 2X + X but, still, language ain’t math, so it can mean different things to different people.

MORE means PLUS when used in an expression that takes the form of “n times MORE.” This is not an arguable proposition.

Also, I maintain that language IS math, which is why “orange,” “silver,” and “purple” all rhyme with each other.

[Exapno_Mapcase]

@kaylasdad99

MORE means PLUS when used in an expression that takes the form of “n times MORE.” This is not an arguable proposition.

Joke or not, what an expression means is equivalent to how people use it, not what you may impute to it logically. That’s the only part that is unarguable.