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- idioms - more to the point—means what, precisely? - English Language . . .
0 Internet sources differ when it comes to the semantics of English 'more to the point' My question here: Does it mean 'more precisely' or rather 'more importantly' or even 'additionally', essentially? I can't believe it can mean both 'more importantly' and 'more precisely', because 'importance' and 'precision' are very different concepts
- 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
- 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
- More close VS closer - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
I want to express that both of us are not quite right but I am closer Should I put: I'm more close to right than you I'm closer to right than you So, which way is correct to express t
- 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
- grammar - more preferred versus preferable - English Language . . .
In case (a) you are asking which of the boxes has more desirable qualities than the other This is question you would most likely ask to a person to get their opinion Preferred is a verb In case (b) you are asking which of the boxes would be more likely asking a statistics question, how many people would prefer box 1 and how many would prefer
- 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)
- sentence construction - replace more and more by something more . . .
In formal discourse, more and more omnipresent or even just more omnipresent is unacceptable Omnipresent means present everywhere, and everywhere has no degrees Moreover, you should ask yourself (I have no idea) whether your topic is the distribution of electronic devices or their use I imagine your critic's objection is not to more and more but to getting, which is still regarded as
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