- healthier or more healthy? - WordReference Forums
healthier, happier, friendlier are correct Here's the rule : When adjectives count 2 syllables AND ends with -ow, -le, -er, or -y, they are considered as short adjectives, therefore you add -er at the end to form the comparative (or 'the -est' to form the superlative) Same for 1 syllable adjectives (obviously short!)
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Hi, I think "eating more healthily" is more correct grammatically than "eating healthier" in the following, yet the original uses the latter instead Could you come up with a good reason? Many thanks --These days, people often resolve to improve their health by exercising more, eating
- EN: more healthy healthier - WordReference Forums
I'd definitely say that "healthier" sounds better to me However i am familiar with the rule that wildan1 mentioned above and agree that it really depends on the individual word and what is more commonly used But I would definitely say that for the word healthy, "healthier" sounds better than "more healthy" Hope I've helped !
- more healthy healthier - WordReference Forums
You might say, "I suggest changing the food to another, healthier one", but the "one" at the end is absolutely necessary for it to be good English The third sentence is acceptable, but means a different thing - that the current food is healthy, but that it's advisable to change to another one, which is also healthy
- easier or more easy? - WordReference Forums
Grammatically speaking, yes However, in English, the most economic form is always preferred In everyday speech and in writing you would generally hear easier, healthier, friendlier One exception I can think of where I would say more easy rather than easier: "She used to be chaste, but she's more easy than before " Easy=promiscuous
- Eat more healthily or eat healthier | WordReference Forums
Healthier is usually considered a comparative adjective, not an adverb So eat more healthily sounds much better (to me) Reactions: velisarius , Silver , Tegs and 1 other person
- more remote - remoter most remote - remotest - WordReference Forums
As you already know, remote is a two-syllable word Some grammar experts say that "Comparatives and superlatives of two-syllable words can be formed by adding (1) –er and –est or (2) the word more or most
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Surprisingly, teens who had heightened brain responses associated with reward, memory and visual attention to commercials for healthier foods—like salads and smoothies—from fast food restaurants were also prone to eat more junk food
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