Timeline for What is the difference between "increasingly less" and "decreasingly"?
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| Nov 12, 2016 at 1:05 | comment | added | eques | I would theorize that either phrase would occur in technical writings where you might talk about derivatives (in the mathematical sense) thus rate of change for something like profitability might be discussed | |
| Nov 11, 2016 at 23:51 | history | edited | P. E. Dant Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added an "at which" to benefit NNS
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| Nov 11, 2016 at 21:12 | comment | added | Robusto | My point is that I don't think anyone will see that difference except in a strained, sophistic way. | |
| Nov 11, 2016 at 20:52 | comment | added | eques | Not quite. "increasingly less" implies something that "decreasingly" doesn't. In the latter, profitable is modified by decreasingly whereas in the former, "increasingly" modifies "less" not "profitable" thus it is increasing in being less profitable (e.g. as when a price dives) | |
| Nov 11, 2016 at 20:45 | comment | added | Robusto | This sounds like a distinction without a difference, sorry. | |
| Nov 11, 2016 at 20:19 | history | answered | eques | CC BY-SA 3.0 |