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- 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
- 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
- grammar - more preferred versus preferable - English Language . . .
In case (a) you are asking which of the boxes has more desirable qualities than the other This is question you would most likely ask to a person to get their opinion Preferred is a verb In case (b) you are asking which of the boxes would be more likely asking a statistics question, how many people would prefer box 1 and how many would prefer
- Can the words more and cool be joined together?
In the expression It was more [adjective 1] than [adjective 2], more is not the comparative - it means that the subject could better be described as [adjective 1] than as [adjective 2]
- Could you tell me If I can use the words “more strict” and “Most strict . . .
I got confused with “ stricter and more strict”, strictest and most strict” What is the rule about this or both are correct? Let me make a sentence with stricter Dan is stricter than Ryan about
- adjectives - Most simple or Simplest - English Language Learners . . .
Should I use most simple or simplest to indicate something cannot be more simple? Can I use both? Is one prefered? If simplest - how is that pronounced? (Is the e silent?)
- You are vs. youre — what is the difference between them?
If there is a difference (outside of the most formal usage), it is that you are (and other forms that don't use contractions) are more emphatic and separable You are going to be doing it makes a slightly different point from You are going to be doing it
- adjectives - less happy or less happier? - English Language Learners . . .
That really depends on what you want to say If you are talking about what should be combined with "less" (and only with "less"), it's "happy", not "happier" However, there is a construction where "no less" (mind you, not "no t less") is combined with []-er For example, no less happier than the rest of us This has a connotation of "in no way unhappier"—there is a hint of an emphasis there
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