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"I have less and less time for reading."
Translation:Ich habe immer weniger Zeit zum Lesen.
February 8, 2013
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No, "weniger" is in the comparative degree.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~german/Grammatik/Comparatives/Comparatives.html
No, "less and less" is different from just "less".
"Intensifiers: to indicate a progressive development, English repeats the comparative ("Things are getting better and better"). German can do that ("Es wird kälter und kälter") or, more usually, use "immer": "Es wird immer besser.""
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~german/Grammatik/Comparatives/Comparatives.html