A few days ago

Katherine W

Which is grammatically correct? ‘More than’ or ‘over’?

Here’s the sentence I want to use: “We serve over 140,000 students with over 40,000 books.” Is it correct to use the word ‘over’ or should I only use ‘more than’? If it’s not correct to say ‘over’ please explain why. Thank you!

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A few days ago

claudiacake

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More than would be the correct wording. Over is a preposition, as in over the hill; over the house.

A few days ago

dizzzybubble

I think either is correct but you don’t want to use the same twice in one sentance.

So it should be “We serve more than 140,000 students with over 40,000 books.” or “We serve over 140,000 students with more than 40,000 books.”

I think in the end it is personal taste in this case.

A few days ago

Anonymous

Over

A few days ago

Megegie

Yes that is correct. Both are really, but the way it is now sounds better.

But it would sound better to say “We serve over 140,000 students with more than 40,000 books”

A few days ago

mlkirchgessner

We serve more than 140,000 students with over 40,000 books.”

A few days ago

Ann

they both are grammatically correct. But… you don’t want to sound redundant. Try

“We serve over 140,000 students with more than 40,000 books.”

A few days ago

Andy’s Mom

Over

A few days ago

Keith

Both are acceptable.

“We serve over 140,000 students with more than 40,000 books”

“We serve more than 140,000 students with over 40,000 books”

A few days ago

Anonymous

I would use “more than”. “Over” means above. I would write the sentence like this:

We serve more than 140,000 students with in excess of 40,000 books.

A few days ago

Drmcorpschick

I’m not sure which is grammatically correct but its sounds alright….Another option is “serving more than140,000 students with over 40,000 books”

A few days ago

Anonymous

” We serve books to more than 140,000 students”

the other way it looks like the difference between 140,000 and 40,000 students aren’t getting books.

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Which is grammatically correct? ‘More than’ or ‘over’?

Which is grammatically correct? ‘More than’ or ‘over’?

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