Timeline for Why do we use “more ADJECTIVE” and “less ADJECTIVE” with adjectives of more than one syllable? [duplicate]
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| Nov 11, 2023 at 23:50 | comment | added | Stuart F | I assume it's to avoid turning long words into even longer words but not sure how to prove that. | |
| Nov 11, 2023 at 21:24 | history | edited | tchrist♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 11, 2023 at 21:18 | history | edited | tchrist♦ |
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| Nov 11, 2023 at 20:54 | comment | added | GEdgar | the most unkindest cut. (if it was good enough for Shakespeare ...) | |
| Nov 11, 2023 at 19:55 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | @Lambie Did you miss what I did there, even with the smiley? I was trying, by way of demonstration, to use comparative-degree adverbs in my text; you know, like sooner. | |
| Nov 11, 2023 at 19:30 | comment | added | Lambie | @tchrist Wow, the way you speak to people. Really too much. | |
| Nov 11, 2023 at 19:23 | history | edited | tchrist♦ |
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| Nov 11, 2023 at 19:23 | history | duplicates list edited | tchrist♦ | duplicates list edited from "More clear" vs "Clearer": when to use "more" instead of "-er"? to "More clear" vs "Clearer": when to use "more" instead of "-er"?, "Much more easy" versus "much easier", "The likeliest problem" vs. "the most likely problem", Conundrum: "cleverer" or "more clever", "simpler" or "more simple" etc, what is difference between the two comparative adjectives while used in the same sentence? [duplicate] | |
| Nov 11, 2023 at 19:18 | history | closed | tchrist♦ | Duplicate of "More clear" vs "Clearer": when to use "more" instead of "-er"? | |
| Nov 11, 2023 at 19:16 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | Don’t limit yourself yourself to thinking about adjectives, because adverbs work the same way. Here’s an example of comparative adverbs: “Adjectives and adverbs form their respective comparative and superlative degrees in exactly the same way, so the sooner you notice this happening, the better you’ll understand it.” :) Please don’t take that sentence harshly; it’s just a demo. | |
| Nov 11, 2023 at 18:22 | comment | added | Lambie | It is one and two syllable adjectives. Anything with three gets more/most or less/least. Funny, funnier, funniest. Beautiful, more beautiful, the most beautiful. This question belongs on ELL. | |
| Nov 11, 2023 at 15:48 | comment | added | Andrew Leach♦ | Related: More bored vs boreder | |
| Nov 11, 2023 at 15:45 | history | edited | Heartspring | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 11, 2023 at 15:41 | history | edited | Andrew Leach♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 11, 2023 at 15:21 | comment | added | alphabet | Those three answers seem completely made up, ChatGPT-generated, or both. | |
| Nov 11, 2023 at 15:09 | history | asked | Stim Roe | CC BY-SA 4.0 |