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  1. How to use "more" as adjective and adverb

    Apr 26, 2016 · When "more" is used before adjective or adverb as "inconvenient" in your example, it is an adverb whose primary function is to modify the following word. However, when it is …

  2. Use of “-er” or the word “more” to make comparative forms

    Feb 6, 2015 · Sure enough, this ngram shows that stupider got started long after more stupid. Apparently, the need to compare levels of stupidity was so great that people granted stupid a …

  3. How to use "what is more"? - English Language Learners Stack …

    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. War doesn't bring peace; what's more, it brings …

  4. adjectives - The more + the + comparative degree - English …

    Aug 15, 2019 · 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, …

  5. What does the phrase the more you know mean? - English …

    What does The more you know mean? Alex: Did you know a flock of crows is known as murder? Jim: No. The more you know.

  6. "More likely than not" - (1) How likely is it for you in percentage ...

    Jul 27, 2020 · "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 …

  7. "more than that" in the context - English Language Learners Stack …

    The stories may be make-believe, but ALSO much more than make-believe (that in the sentence): It will among other teach them the morals of the Agta, the myths and how they see the world …

  8. grammar - 'more preferred' versus 'preferable' - English Language ...

    Sep 5, 2014 · 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. Preferred is a …

  9. sentence construction - replace "more and more" by something …

    May 13, 2020 · In formal discourse, more and more omnipresent or even just more omnipresent is unacceptable. Omnipresent means present everywhere, and everywhere has no degrees. …

  10. idioms - 'more to the point'—means what, precisely? - English …

    Oct 9, 2024 · "to the point" is an idiomatic expression, it means apt, pertinent, relevant. In idioms, the words of the expression do not always make literal sense, but are rather figurative. One of …