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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
- 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
- I was or I were? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
From other's conversation,I found out they mentioned I was and sometimes they also mentioned I were Is there any rules for I was were?
- 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?)
- You are vs. youre — what is the difference between them?
If there is a difference (outside of the most formal usage), it is that you are (and other forms that don't use contractions) are more emphatic and separable You are going to be doing it makes a slightly different point from You are going to be doing it
- 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 - 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
- Difference between furthermore, moreover, in addition to, and also
Furthermore is commonly used in formal writing to delve deeper into a topic 'What's more' can be used informally Moreover is often used in slightly informal communication to give a reason in support of an argument, apart from the one you already gave While it does mean "in addition to" as the dictionary says, its usage is more appropriate in substitution of the phrase "not only that" 'Also
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