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Old 01-29-2018, 10:32 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
Sorry if you don't like it, but it is a fairly common usage and I did give you a reference to a dictionary using the phrase in that manner.
Your reference stated usually 10, you also used the plural, so even for a base of 2, that is at least a factor of 4, and your post implied Scalzi himself used the phrase "orders of magnitude".
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