Interesting headline in WaPo

[Jonathan Lighter]

Seems like I've heard this construction may times on cable news.

JL


On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at mst.edu>
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> We deal here with a blend: "twice as much as" + "two times more than".
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> Gerald Cohen
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> victor steinbok [aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM], Tuesday, August 19, 2014 12:07
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> http://goo.gl/hdfxut
> Daughters provide twice as much care for aging parents than sons do, study
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> "Than" kind of jumped out at me.
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