Timeline for The unusual phrasing "verb + the + comparative adjective" in the Lord of the Rings novels
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| Oct 17, 2022 at 16:41 | history | edited | Kit Z. Fox♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
clarified "Americas" per comments
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| Oct 11, 2022 at 20:36 | history | edited | Jack | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 11, 2022 at 9:46 | comment | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | Merriam-Webster (entry 2 of 4) says essentially the same as the OED. But instead of providing an abstract definition they provide a stand-in expression: than before : than otherwise. For example, the sentence "And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer" would become "And when the sun shines it will shine out clearer than otherwise [e.g., without the rain or whatever]. | |
| Oct 10, 2022 at 22:17 | history | edited | Jack | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 10, 2022 at 20:07 | comment | added | Stuart F | It is common with "wiser" - "none the wiser" is another standard expression. But it can be used with other words, e.g. "the better for it", and many expressions with "the worse". | |
| Oct 10, 2022 at 17:55 | history | answered | Jack | CC BY-SA 4.0 |