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- Does more than 2 include 2? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
7 You are correct in your understanding more than 2 is > 2, meaning greater than but not including 2 your other phrase two or more is very succinct and clear, you could also use at least 2 to mean ">= 2 ", it does not need to be entirely spelled out as greater than or equal to 2 Share Improve this answer edited Apr 30, 2021 at 23:04
- 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
- nouns - Which way of saying is more general? - English Language . . .
No, it sounds like the person is more then one airplane or more than one forest at a time, which is impossible
- 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
- politeness - Please Find Attached or Please Find Enclosed in a . . .
However (in my opinion) a more formal phrasing would be something like Please find the pdf "Monthly status report" attached for your reference or, shortly put Please find the file attached for your reference if it is clear what 'the file' is referring to beforehand
- How can I apologize and promise that a mistake wont happen again?
I want to apologize for some mistake in official mail and want to make them sure I will not do that again "I will take care of this next time" or "I will take care of this onwards"
- grammaticality - Which is more formal - bit urgent or urgent . . .
Your two examples don't really differ in degree of formality, but they certainly differ in meaning "it is a bit urgent" is not great grammar, so actually comes off as slightly less formal, but because you said "a bit" you have made it seem less urgent than simply "it is urgent " This sort of thing is often as much about how the recipient interprets your words, as the actual choice of
- adverbs - use of more (adv) with than - English Language Learners . . .
You show more devotion to me than (to) him and You show devotion to me more than (to) him The first sentence refers to more devotion (a greater amount); the second implies more often The use of the preposition to is optional In colloquial speech it would often be omitted It's clear that him is the recipient of the devotion and not the giver
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