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I would never say times fewer, because it is ambiguous.



When value is above 1, it's not really ambiguous anymore as only one interpretation makes sense. But I understand that it could still be incorrect, if it's not well defined term in English.


You choose an interesting case at 1. What does 1 times less errors mean? To me it means no errors.


It's ambiguous as it's not above or below 1 :)




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