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- More clear vs Clearer: when to use more instead of -er?
Where an answer, for example, for can be either clearer or more clear than other answers And to be honest, where I don't think it makes much difference which you use - they're effectively just alternative stylistic choices
- Simpler or More Simple - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Closed 14 years ago Possible Duplicate: “More clear” vs “Clearer”, when to use “more” instead of “-er” Which of these two terms is correct? If they are both correct, are they identical in usage and meaning, or is one of the words more appropriate for some usages than the other?
- Rules for single-word comparatives and superlatives
Closed 14 years ago Possible Duplicate: “More clear” vs “Clearer”, when to use “more” instead of “-er” Are there any rules for which words are allowed to have -er and -est endings?
- “For clarity” vs. “To make clear” - English Language Usage . . .
2 "To make it clear" is clearer "For clarity" is more formal, and best (and most commonly) used with the verb "edited" rather than "modified "
- Grammar rule: ONE sentence; ONE subject, ONE predicate. Is it?
The link doesn't answer my question, but it is quite helpful nevertheless Your example ''Those kids work very hard Correction; most of those kids work very hard ' does Although I am still wondering if "Those kids work very hard, most of them" is grammatical or, mostly, how informal would it be Although the meaning doesn't break the ONE subject rule, it sort of does in form When it comes
- etymology - Conundrum: cleverer or more clever, simpler or more . . .
Counting Google hits is a notoriously bad estimate for how common something is; Google Ngrams shows simpler is fifteen times more common than more simple Putting the whole sentence in doesn't make much difference
- phrases - More than ever vs. more than ever before - English . . .
Does the expression "more than ever" need the word "before" to make logical sense? I'm grappling with a sentence that begins "More than ever, marketers require data to better understand their
- etymology - Cooler heads prevail origin? - English Language Usage . . .
While a definition for and usage history of quot;Let cooler heads prevail quot; can be both readily found, I have not been able to nail down the origins of the phrase Ideas?
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