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  1. "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 …

  2. "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 …

  3. 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 …

  4. 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?

  5. “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."

  6. 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 …

  7. 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 …

  8. "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.

  9. 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...

  10. 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 …