
How to use "more" as adjective and adverb
2016年4月26日 · 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 used before …
grammar - Can we use "the more" in comparative sentence? - English ...
2020年7月13日 · 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 …
adjectives - The more + the + comparative degree - English Language ...
2019年8月15日 · 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, …
How to use "what is more"? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
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 more …
further VS. more - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Please, would you give me some further coffee? vs. Please, would you give me some more coffee? Could you think of when and/or where we could use further meaning more? Thanks in advance.
idioms - 'more to the point'—means what, precisely? - English …
2024年10月9日 · "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 the many …
"More than one" - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
When more than one stands alone, it usually takes a singular verb, but it may take a plural verb if the notion of multiplicity predominates: The operating rooms are all in good order. More than one...
'more' vs 'the more' - "I doubt this the more because.."
2015年1月9日 · 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, …
sentence construction - replace "more and more" by something more ...
2020年5月13日 · In formal discourse, more and more omnipresent or even just more omnipresent is unacceptable. Omnipresent means present everywhere, and everywhere has no degrees. Moreover, …
word usage - 'more smooth' or 'more smoother'? Which is right ...
2019年4月18日 · 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 …