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Perfect Stranger Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

[comparative form of adverb] costly - costlier?

Dear All,

I'm watching a lecture where the following sentence has just been uttered:

This type of memory is much costlier.

Isn't the form more costly generally more acceptable?

Thanks
  

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Perfect Stranger Isn't the form more costly generally more acceptable? Two-syllable adjectives/adverbs generally accept either kind of comparative/superlative form unremarkably. The sentence seems fine to me, as does your alternative.

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  • Perfect Stranger Isn't the form more costly generally more acceptable?
  • Two-syllable adjectives/adverbs generally accept either kind of comparative/superlative form unremarkably.
  • The sentence seems fine to me, as does your alternative.
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Perfect StrangerIsn't the form more costly generally more acceptable?
Two-syllable adjectives/adverbs generally accept either kind of comparative/superlative form unremarkably. The sentence seems fine to me, as does your alternative.
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