Liveinjapan  +  510697 Wed, 07 May 08 08:21 AM  Our company revenue is 4 times as many as 5 years ago. Our company revenue is 4 times as many as it was 5 years ago. Our company revenue is 4 times as many as that of 5 years ago. Are my sentences correct and carry the same meaning? Thanks LiJ Liveinjapan Joined on Sun, Feb 4 2007 Osaka, Japan Senior Member 2,280 Please feel free to correct any words I wrote.LiJ

	Cool Breeze  +  510705 Wed, 07 May 08 08:37 AM  Hi LiJ I would say: Our company's revenue is four times bigger/greater than five years ago. CB  Cool Breeze Joined on Fri, Apr 7 2006 Senior Member 3,970 "I hope you'll all live to be 150 years old - and the last voice you hear is mine!" Frank Sinatra on stage in Oslo, Norway, 28 September 1991

	Liveinjapan  +  510709 Wed, 07 May 08 08:46 AM Thanks, CB. I see! Revenure is uncountable.   How about: The number of students in this school is four times as many as (it was) five years ago. (I want to make sure wheather 'it was' is correct if it isn't omitted.)  The number of students in this school is four times larger than five years ago.  Liveinjapan

	Cool Breeze  +  510717 Wed, 07 May 08 08:54 AM  I can't think of a situation in which four times as many as would sound correct. Larger in your last sentence is acceptable but bigger and greater could also be used. Bigger is very common in informal style.  CB  Cool Breeze

	New2grammar  +  510723 Wed, 07 May 08 09:09 AM CoolBreeze, When would you use "X times larger than" instead of "X times as large as"? I always use the former but remember in an old post, a native speaker said the latter is more common/natural. I don't have the context. Sorry or I could be suffering another memory lapse again. :) I hope you can shed some light on this topic. New2grammar Joined on Tue, Nov 21 2006 Veteran Member 7,676 Who wants to go sailing around the world with me?