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- 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
- Could you tell me If I can use the words “more strict” and “Most strict . . .
I got confused with “ stricter and more strict”, strictest and most strict” What is the rule about this or both are correct? Let me make a sentence with stricter Dan is stricter than Ryan about
- 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?)
- 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
- You are vs. youre — what is the difference between them?
There is no difference You are is normally contracted to you're in speech, because English doesn't like two vowels without a consonant to separate them, and one of them gets deleted Either you're or you are can be used; speaker's choice The same thing applies to I'm, he's, she's, we're, and they're, among other contractions It's just colloquial English, that's all
- What is the difference between S and S? - English Language Learners . . .
For example, " my son's toys " will be "the toys that belong to my son" We use only an apostrophe (') after plural nouns that end in -s: " my sons' toys " means that I have more than one son and these are their toys We use 's for possession with the other plural nouns For example: " my children's toys; women's wishes, etc
- Can the words more and cool be joined together?
In the expression It was more [adjective 1] than [adjective 2], more is not the comparative - it means that the subject could better be described as [adjective 1] than as [adjective 2]
- Is for better clarity a correct expression?
Consider the following sentence: For better clarity, we will now explain in detail how this works Is "for better clarity" correct as an expression? Googling for it gives a number of results but
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