as ... than ...

victor steinbok aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM
Tue Aug 23 04:11:25 UTC 2011


Is this standard usage?

[Tea Party] supporters were twice as likely than others to favor a
> constitutional amendment banning flag burning...



I see this once in a while and it always makes me shudder. But I am hesitant
to say it's "wrong".

VS-)

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