- 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 . . .
Counting Google hits is a notoriously bad estimate for how common something is; Google Ngrams shows simpler is fifteen times more common than more simple Putting the whole sentence in doesn't make much difference
- simpler? more simple? - WordReference Forums
I would then always go with 'simpler' over 'more simple' and 'happier' over 'more happy' I'm not sure if 'more simple' is strictly incorrect, but I have a feeling my mindset comes from English professors constantly emphasizing concision and clarity =)
- simpler,simplest vs more simple,most simple - WordReference Forums
Hello all ! which sentence is the right one ? I think he made the problem more simple,and she made it the most simple I think he made the problem simpler,and she made it the simplest Thanks in advance ! Ahmad
- Much more simple or much more simpler [closed]
Which is the correct sentence? It is much more simple to resolve the memory leak issues It is much more simpler to resolve the memory leak issues
- phrase requests - Alternatives to simpler is better? - English . . .
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
- Much more easy versus much easier - English Language Usage Stack . . .
It's the words of two syllables where we get into trouble: more useful, more decent, more careful, more tender, more helpful but easier, happier, sillier, narrower, simpler Generally, if a two-syllable word ends in i or o (e g, easy, happy, silly, narrow), then it gets the morphological -er and -est Otherwise it's more and most
- More simple vs simpler more fun, funner - WordReference Forums
Can someone explain whether it is correct to use either the comparative form “simpler” or “more simple”? Microsoft Word marks “more simple” as a grammatical
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