Battery charger (do they deteriorate)

[ban-all-sheds]

Looks like three mistakes to me!

Can only see two. I think ageing/aging is disputable.

If they put a play on stage, are they stageing it?

If a PA system puts out a page for someone, are they pageing him?

If a storm rages, do you later write "the storm was rageing"?

 

[ericmark]

It would seem English adapts! I would have always said twice, but I note adverts say two times.

I clearly rely on the spell check too much and it is easy to write two much instead.

 

[EFLImpudence]

but I note adverts say two times.

American influence - plus, of course, they are not written by geniuses.

However, 'thrice' seems to have all but disappeared without the Americans.

 

[JohnW2]

It would seem English adapts! I would have always said twice, but I note adverts say two times.

I think the two are essentially interchangeable. Most people would probably say 'once' and twice', but most would, these days, probably say 'three times' (rather than 'thrice') and, beyond three, I don't think that many people would even know what the 'single words' would be (if they exist!).

Edit: it seems that they don't exist. Mr Oxford Dictionary tells me "These three are the only words of their type, and no further terms in the series have ever existed."

Kind Regards, John

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Well it's about time they got created then.

Fowerce
Fifce
Siexce
Seofonce
Eahtace
Nigonce
Tience