Surely '2 times less' is minus 100% less, if the amount originally spent is '1 times'?
It's an illogical phrase to be sure.
It's an illogical phrase to be sure.
"2 times (but instead of mutiplying do the oposite thing that makes it smaller)"
Is where the "logic" comes from.
Hm, I bet this parses as well:
"An hour is .5 times more then a half hour."
Although not quite as well.