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Guest Posted 21 years ago
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How come in a sentence they use the phrase,"even odder" instead of "more odd"?
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Hello Guest I'm learning here English through questioning and answering. Could you allow me to answer to your question in place of moderators? First of all, 'more odd' is not a right English phrase.
- Hello Guest I'm learning here English through questioning and answering.
- Could you allow me to answer to your question in place of moderators?
- First of all, 'more odd' is not a right English phrase.
- The comparative of 'odd' is 'odder', though many native speakers seem to use ' is/was more odd than ....
- ' instead of ' is/was odder than ...
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Hello Guest
I'm learning here English through questioning and answering. Could you allow me to answer to your question in place of moderators?
First of all, 'more odd' is not a right English phrase. The comparative of 'odd' is 'odder', though many native speakers seem to use 'is/was more odd than ....' instead of 'is/was odder than ...'. [Google hits 672 for the
I'm learning here English through questioning and answering. Could you allow me to answer to your question in place of moderators?
First of all, 'more odd' is not a right English phrase. The comparative of 'odd' is 'odder', though many native speakers seem to use 'is/was more odd than ....' instead of 'is/was odder than ...'. [Google hits 672 for the
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Hello!
Normally the rule is that one syllable adjectives take -er in the comparative form, two syllable adjective can either take -er or use the construction with "more", and the others -over 2 syllables - are used with "more" ...
Normally the rule is that one syllable adjectives take -er in the comparative form, two syllable adjective can either take -er or use the construction with "more", and the others -over 2 syllables - are used with "more" ...
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Hi Anne,
Doesn't the rule say that 2-syllable-adjectives who end with 'y' take 'er' and all the rest take 'more'?
Like: pretty--> prettier
Do we say 'more pretty'? 'more tiny'? I've never heard that.
Doesn't the rule say that 2-syllable-adjectives who end with 'y' take 'er' and all the rest take 'more'?
Like: pretty--> prettier
Do we say 'more pretty'? 'more tiny'? I've never heard that.
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CJ0
Oops....You are right, CJ, but is the content of what I wrote correct ?
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Hi, Mav,
Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner...
I just wanted to say that some 2-syllable adjectives take -er (those ending in -y of course), and some are used with more, but I didn't want to get into the details...
Sorry if my post wasn't very complete...
Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner...
I just wanted to say that some 2-syllable adjectives take -er (those ending in -y of course), and some are used with more, but I didn't want to get into the details...
Sorry if my post wasn't very complete...
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Hey Anne,
As it turns out it's just my inattentiveness...never mind
As it turns out it's just my inattentiveness...never mind
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