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Siva20 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Even more vs ever more.

Are there any ground rules for use of 'even more' and 'ever more' ?
What are the grammatical differences, if any?

Eg :
"John was even more determined to learn English." and
"John was ever more determined to learn English."

Is the difference merely contextual?
Please clarify.
  

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Hello, siva - and welcome to English Forums. 'Even more determine d/etc' requires some sort of previous context regarding less determination, a subsequent encouraging event or condition, and is conceptually a point actiivity: ' After getting 500 on TOEIC, I was even more determined to learn English' . '

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  • 'Even more determine d/etc' requires some sort of previous context regarding less determination, a subsequent encouraging event or condition, and is conceptually a point actiivity: ' After getting 500 on TOEIC, I was even more determined to learn English' .
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Hello, siva - and welcome to English Forums.

'Even more determined/etc' requires some sort of previous context regarding less determination, a subsequent encouraging event or condition, and is conceptually a point actiivity: 'After getting 500 on TOEIC, I was even more determined to learn English'.

'Ever more determined'' does not require a precedent and is
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Thank's for the answer Mister Micawber, it definitely helped.
I posted this query because I came across a question in an online English proficiency(written) test which had the above quoted example statement's as the two choices among which the correct one had to be selected.
I believe the correct answer is 'ever more', am I right?
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They are both correct sentences.
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