"Ella ya ha leído el mismo libro más de quince veces."

Translation: She has already read the same book more than fifteen times.

[Lamwaggi]

'over fifteen times' must be correct i think ....

[ajabrams]

they use más here - wouldn't it have just been better to go with the word they used instead of trying to translate it into something what wasn't said?

[iea.min]

Why is "she has now read the same book over fifteen times" incorrect?

[hesolomon]

Report it!

[iea.min]

done!

[Tofor]

same!

[Spanielle2]

I wrote 'over 15 times'...should definitely be right

[corsair831]

50 shades of grey i bet ... dirty girl ..

[Wayne]

If I had written the sentence, I might have used "mas que" instead of "mas de". Is there a rule for "de" vs "que".

[AndreasWitnstein]

‘más de’ is only used with quantities. In positive sentences, ‘más que’ is not used with quantities. In negative sentences, both are acceptable.

[Melita2]

Sí, Andreas, asi es. This explains it.

[Melita2]

Yes, there is. más de = more than. más que, usually used in negative sentences, no más que = no more than. So más de could be anything over 15, whereas no más que = anything 15 and under. Have I sufficiently confused you?

[Wayne]

Yes :)
I think I have heard terms such as "mas que yo" or "mas que el" without it being a negative.

[ajabrams]

Instead of all that was said above - here is a reference that covers exactly why. http://spanish.about.com/od/sentencestructure/a/mas_que_de.htm

[DaveHarris809825]

That's a brilliant - and crystal-clear - reference. Thank you so much for posting it.

[babybrotherangel]

Just curious. Can others get all this without turtle speed?

[tyedye67]

Can't they say it just a little slower?

[Michael359542]

Whi is there zero recognition that adverbs can go in different places in english? Super frustrating.

[Joe799319]

it's harry potter isn't it

[Stewart492283]

I use the words they provide and "already" or "now" was not there

[rollermama]

She needs to get a library card