Like a comment on another thread, 0.25x would be the much better way to say this. It's 25% of the original value. It's also consistent: If 3x means 300% the original value, then 0.25x is 25% of the original value.
If you say 4x lower, that changes the semantics for lower than x vs higher than x, which is absurd.
[–] markcerqueira 1 day ago
[–] mjuarez 1 day ago
If you say 4x lower, that changes the semantics for lower than x vs higher than x, which is absurd.
[–] jcelerier 1 day ago
where does it say in the rulebook that human languages have to have perfectly symmetric pairs of words?