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Topic: Spanish

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

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

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5 years ago

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https://www.duolingo.com/Lamwaggi
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'over fifteen times' must be correct i think ....

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/iea.min
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Why is "she has now read the same book over fifteen times" incorrect?

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/hesolomon
hesolomon
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Report it!

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/iea.min
iea.min
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done!

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Tofor
Tofor
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same!

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Spanielle2
Spanielle2
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I wrote 'over 15 times'...should definitely be right

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/corsair831
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50 shades of grey i bet ... dirty girl ..

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Wayne
Wayne
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If I had written the sentence, I might have used "mas que" instead of "mas de". Is there a rule for "de" vs "que".

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/AndreasWitnstein
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‘más de’ is only used with quantities. In positive sentences, ‘más que’ is not used with quantities. In negative sentences, both are acceptable.

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Melita2
Melita2
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Sí, Andreas, asi es. This explains it.

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Melita2
Melita2
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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?

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Wayne
Wayne
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Yes :) I think I have heard terms such as "mas que yo" or "mas que el" without it being a negative.

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/ajabrams
ajabrams
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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

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/babybrotherangel
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Just curious. Can others get all this without turtle speed?

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/tyedye67
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Can't they say it just a little slower?

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Reply•3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Michael359542
Michael359542
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Whi is there zero recognition that adverbs can go in different places in english? Super frustrating.

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Reply•1 month ago
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