- Simpler or More Simple - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
It is simpler to use simpler when you want to express that one thing is simpler than something else Simpler is a word that is in use for this very purpose, so don't waste your breath, ink or electricity with more simple
- etymology - Conundrum: cleverer or more clever, simpler or more . . .
Meanwhile, TFD insists that the comparative and superlative form of simple is simpler and simplest Google seems to concur and produces 17 pages for “it is simpler” compared to only 9 pages for “it is more simple” The two-syllable adjectives that I am aware of, which have both kinds of comparative and superlative forms are:
- simpler? more simple? - WordReference Forums
"Simpler" is probably more widely used I think for both the comparative and the superlative it depends on how it sounds and how it's pronounced For example, I would use "more fun" never "funner", but I could see myself using "funnest" or "most fun"
- simpler,simplest vs more simple,most simple - WordReference Forums
You can make a problem simpler, more simple I don't think you can make it simplest, most simple When you make it simpler, you are comparing the problem as it is now with the problem as it was before The same applies to other adjectives I can make my tea hotter, but not hottest I can cut my hair shorter, but not shortest
- phrase requests - Alternatives to simpler is better? - English . . .
My question is not a duplicate I am seeking alternatives for simpler is better, not ways to describe extreme sparseness and simplicity Also, the contrast inherent in simpler is better, which is essential to my question, is absent in the less-is-more question Addendum re potential duplicate: Is there a funny expression for "Keep it simple"?
- Much more simple or much more simpler [closed]
Much simpler or much more simple One or the other, not both – John Lawler Commented Oct 7, 2013 at 16
- single word requests - Analogue of simpler for more complex . . .
I often find myself in this situation, and ironically, with this particular word in particular For a general example, consider any sentence that includes both "simpler" and "more complex": It would flow much better and impact the reader more if "more complex" could be condensed to match "simpler" stylistically –
- Meaning of Make things as simple as possible, but not simpler
If 0 is complicated, 10 is the simplest description, 11 might be the step you are removing information adding false information to make it "simpler", thereby departing from the underlying truth of what you are trying to describe (and moving from science to fiction)
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