
"More clear" vs "Clearer": when to use "more" instead of "-er"?
Where an answer, for example, for can be either clearer or more clear than other answers. And to be honest, where I don't think it makes much difference which you use - they're effectively just …
"Simpler" or "More Simple" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Closed 14 years ago. Possible Duplicate: “More clear” vs “Clearer”, when to use “more” instead of “-er” Which of these two terms is correct? If they are both correct, are they identical in usage and …
Clear vs. Clearly - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Apr 23, 2019 · I am confused as to which word is correct? Both words sound natural in the given sentence. Try to speak as ____ as you can. [Clear, Clearly] Referring to Oxford: Clear means Easy …
Rules for single-word comparatives and superlatives
Closed 14 years ago. Possible Duplicate: “More clear” vs “Clearer”, when to use “more” instead of “-er” Are there any rules for which words are allowed to have -er and -est endings?
“For clarity” vs. “To make clear” - English Language & Usage ...
2 "To make it clear" is clearer. "For clarity" is more formal, and best (and most commonly) used with the verb "edited" rather than "modified."
literature - Dickens: meaning of “preserves” in “preserves of loaves ...
May 21, 2014 · In both countries, it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever. I could find no real (original) books that used …
etymology - Conundrum: "cleverer" or "more clever", "simpler" or …
Jan 12, 2014 · 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 …
"If it works, it works" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Mar 20, 2025 · Is this a grumble or a specific question? It could be clearer if you have a specific question, because it seems to be attracting a lot of different responses to different questions.
comparatives - "Much more easy" versus "much easier" - English …
My mom and I are having a dispute on much more easy versus much easier. For example, consider the sentence: It's [much more easy]/[much easier] to do action X than action Y. I say that much easie...
syntactic analysis - Can you make this sentence clear? - English ...
Dec 30, 2014 · I think that still "sounds like you", but is much clearer, and has the added benefit of not mentioning poor lecturing even in a humorous manner. I'll note that I couldn't help but add an extra …