Re: Grammar: "Multiply by" or "Multiply times"?

Subject: Re: Grammar: "Multiply by" or "Multiply times"?
From: Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 10:14:14 -0400

I just went through that X business with a client.

Note that there is an actual multiplication symbol available in most apps,
so I'd refrain from using an alpha-X.

Chris Morton



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On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 10:09 AM, Wright, Lynne <Lynne -dot- Wright -at- kronos -dot- com>
wrote:

> And of course, you could sidestep the whole "times" vs "by" issue by using
> "x" instead
>
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> "Times it" is slang. I've heard it uttered by folks who don't know the
> term, "multiply," or who are hesitant to use such a big word comprised of
> three syllables (think Jeff Foxworthy caricatures).
>
> It would be all too easy for ESLs to pick up said slang; I do not fault
> them.
>
> Chris Morton
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> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 9:54 AM, Emoto <emoto1 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> > I should have pointed out that all of the dictionaries I tried use
> > "by" in their examples.
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 9:48 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > "By" sounds better.
> > >
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> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 9:48 AM
> > > To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> > > Subject: Grammar: "Multiply by" or "Multiply times"?
> > >
> > > I am dealing with laboratory instructions (recipes, if you will) for
> > biochemists and lab technicians.
> > >
> > > Part of my gig is to clarify and clean up language as I make other
> > required doc changes.
> > >
> > > I come across something like "multiply the absorbance of the
> > > dilution
> > times 20" and want to change "times" to "by".
> > >
> > > Am I being pedantic?
> > >
> > > Bob
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References:
Grammar: "Multiply by" or "Multiply times"?: From: Emoto
RE: Grammar: "Multiply by" or "Multiply times"?: From: Cardimon, Craig
Re: Grammar: "Multiply by" or "Multiply times"?: From: Emoto
Re: Grammar: "Multiply by" or "Multiply times"?: From: Chris Morton
RE: Grammar: "Multiply by" or "Multiply times"?: From: Wright, Lynne

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