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> Batteries have already gotten six times cheaper within the last decade, Pedant here:, but you can't get "six times cheaper." You can get one-sixth as expensi
by mattbk1 6y ago
> Batteries have already gotten six times cheaper within the last decade,
Pedant here:, but you can't get "six times cheaper." You can get one-sixth as expensive, but "six times cheaper" implies some sort of relative comparison being made about rates, not absolute values.
The same issue is apparent in the HN title ("costs fell six-fold."
- X6S1x6Okd1st 6y agoIMO In colloquial English six times cheaper means 1/6th the price. What a phrase means is very much dependent on how the speaker and the listener interpret it.