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Antonija Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Cleverer or more clever

Which is correct?
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They're both used. My sense of it is that the choice depends on how it sounds in the sentence. Likewise the superlative: He's the cleverest guy I know sounds better to my ear than He's the most clever guy I know.

  • They're both used.
  • My sense of it is that the choice depends on how it sounds in the sentence.
  • Likewise the superlative: He's the cleverest guy I know sounds better to my ear than He's the most clever guy I know.
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They're both used.

My sense of it is that the choice depends on how it sounds in the sentence.

Likewise the superlative:

He's the cleverest guy I know sounds better to my ear than He's the most clever guy I know.

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