📈 Three times more. Three times less. 📈

Many people, myself included, think that neither is correct. Nor are: N times higher, larger etc. Or: N times lower, smaller etc. (The latter is an absolute no-no if you ask me.)

I know, I know, you might encounter phrases like this even in reputable news outlets - don't be throwing links at me with articles you've encountered this in. Read this one instead.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/the-mathematical-phrase-that-melts-my-brain/

Are you a pedant like me or the author of the article? Or do you say "three times less" without batting an eye? ❓