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- adjectives - The more + the + comparative degree - English Language . . .
The more, the more You can see all of this in a dictionary example: the more (one thing happens), the more (another thing happens) An increase in one thing (an action, occurrence, etc ) causes or correlates to an increase in another thing [1] The more work you do now, the more free time you'll [you will] have this weekend
- 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)
- 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
- more of a . . . vs more a - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
What's the difference between these types of adjective usages? For example: This is more of a prerequisite than a necessary quality This is more a prerequisite than a necessary quality (without
- How to use what is more? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
What's more is an expression that's used when you want to emphasize that the next action or fact is more or as important as the one mentioned War doesn't bring peace; what's more, it brings more chaos Or your example
- What does the phrase the more you know mean? - English Language . . .
What does The more you know mean? Alex: Did you know a flock of crows is known as murder? Jim: No The more you know
- grammaticality - Comparing more than and more than what - English . . .
I don't find "I love English more than what other people are saying" very "acceptable" That "what" is completely unnecessary - and as @trideceth12 says, just sounds ignorant rather than informal
- 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
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