- word usage - more smooth or more smoother? Which is right . . .
You can say "more smooth", or "smoother" Both are fine and mean exactly the same thing But beware of trying to combine them, and saying "more smoother"! Many will say that a formulation like that is wrong
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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?)
- personal pronouns - than her versus than she - English Language . . .
It is a well known fact that Alex is more soft-spoken than (she her) Why would "her" be wrong? Why must the sentence end with "she"?
- Multiple vs. Several - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Multiple lends more dynamics to the number of times from a single source For example, multiple gun shot wounds; multiple gun shot wounds from several assailants
- What is the difference between in depth and in-depth?
"In-depth" is an adjective which means comprehensive and precise, while "in depth" is a phrase or idiom which works like an adverb, meaning the same, so as comprehensively and precisely Examples: An in-depth analysis of the problem The problem was analysed in depth
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