Dim the lights little more

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Is it natural to say “Dim the lights a little more.”?thanks

Clive · Accepted Answer

Anonymous · Answer

I'm a native English speaker in the US (Clive is Canadian, originally from the UK). The given sentence is grammatical, but In the US you'd typically not hear this. The reason is that this type of variable brightness light control is unusual here. And something like this would usually be said in a romantic context, where you wouldn't be ordering your love interest around like this. Also, the word "dim" has negative connotations in the US and is usually avoided. Here you'd more likely hear, for example:

Turn down the lights some more.

Turn the lights down some more.

Turn the lights down a little more.

Turn down the lights a little more.

Dim the lights little more

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