However, when it is used before a noun (or sometimes after a noun), it is used as a determiner or adjective. The more, the more you can see all of this in a dictionary example The more (one thing happens), the more (another thing happens) an increase in one thing (an action, occurrence, etc.) causes or correlates to an increase in another thing [1] the more work you do now, the more free time you'll [you will] have this weekend. The modifies the adverb more and they together form an adverbial modifier that modifies the verb doubt According to wiktionary, the etymology is as follows
From middle english, from old english þȳ (“by that, after that, whereby”), originally the instrumental case of the demonstratives sē (masculine) and þæt (neuter). What's more is an expression that's used when you want to emphasize that the next action or fact is more or as important as the one mentioned What's more, it brings more chaos 0 internet sources differ when it comes to the semantics of english 'more to the point' Does it mean 'more precisely' or rather 'more importantly' or even 'additionally', essentially I can't believe it can mean both 'more importantly' and 'more precisely', because 'importance' and 'precision' are very different concepts.
What is the rule about this or both are correct Let me make a sentence with stricter dan is stricter than ryan about 1 more likely than not logically means with a probability greater than 50% A probability of 50% would be as likely as not But the user of the phrase is not making a mathematically precise estimate of probability. Of the two, ronald has been the more successful athlete
In this structure, “the more” seems to function as a superlative (like “the most” if there were three or more), which can’t be followed by “than”, whereas “more” and “a more” are normal comparatives like you’d expect. Sure enough, this ngram shows that stupider got started long after more stupid And once stupider is in, by analogy vapider eventually starts sounding more acceptable. The sentences you used as example have different meanings In the first, you are saying that, among other people, you are who loves english more In the other sentence, you are saying that, between english and what other people do, you love english more
You cannot remove what without changing the meaning of the sentence. In case (a) you are asking which of the boxes has more desirable qualities than the other This is question you would most likely ask to a person to get their opinion In case (b) you are asking which of the boxes would be more likely asking a statistics question, how many people would prefer box 1 and how many would prefer. You can say more smooth, or smoother Both are fine and mean exactly the same thing
But beware of trying to combine them, and saying more smoother Many will say that a formulation like that is wrong. If possible always pay the balance in full every month or pay more than the minimum amount What part of speech is ‘more’and which word it is modifying? What's the difference between these types of adjective usages This is more of a prerequisite than a necessary quality
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
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