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- Use of “-er” or the word “more” to make comparative forms
Sure enough, this ngram shows that stupider got started long after more stupid Apparently, the need to compare levels of stupidity was so great that people granted stupid a sort of honorary Anglo-Saxon status in order to use the more-convenient comparative -er And once stupider is in, by analogy vapider eventually starts sounding more acceptable
- When to use more likely and most likely in a sentence
I am having a difficulty on what is the proper usage of more likely and most likely Is there any way to remember the difference between these two phrases easily? On the following sentences below,
- further VS. more - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Please, would you give me some further coffee? vs Please, would you give me some more coffee? Could you think of when and or where we could use further meaning more? Thanks in advance
- Does more than 2 include 2? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
In technical document in English, I read sentence of "more than 2" I usually just understand it as "two or more" since we generally translate it as similar sentence in Korean (in Korean, there are
- more vs the more - I doubt this the more because. .
The modifies the adverb more and they together form an adverbial modifier that modifies the verb doubt According to Wiktionary, the etymology is as follows: From Middle English, from Old English þȳ (“by that, after that, whereby”), originally the instrumental case of the demonstratives sē (masculine) and þæt (neuter)
- word usage - more smooth or more smoother? Which is right . . .
You can say "more smooth", or "smoother" Both are fine and mean exactly the same thing But beware of trying to combine them, and saying "more smoother"! Many will say that a formulation like that is wrong
- grammar - When to use much more or many more? - English Language . . .
Under which circumstances would you use "much more" instead of "many more" ? For example would this be correct: I have much more money Thanks in advance!
- Whats a professional synonym for would love to?
The "love" in "I would love to" has little to do with the "love" in "I love you"; the second one is expressing a personal emotion that is (arguably) unprofessional, while the first one is expressing enthusiasm for an event or an activity "I love my job" or "I love making clients happy", when spoken without sarcasm, are exceedingly professional
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