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Felce BKK Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Ever more

Hi,

I'm reading a book and it comes a sentence which says;

He demands ever more stringent measures against the group.

Why 'ever more' ? can't it be just 'more' ?

and is the negative function 'never more' same as 'no more' ?

Thanks a lot.
  

Top answer

'Ever more' means 'more and more'. It has a sense of interminability that 'more' does not. Re 'never more' and 'no more', I would have to see the sentence.

— Mister Micawber

  • 'Ever more' means 'more and more'.
  • It has a sense of interminability that 'more' does not.
  • Re 'never more' and 'no more', I would have to see the sentence.
  • I think 'never more' fits into fewer sentences than 'no more' does.
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'Ever more' means 'more and more'. It has a sense of interminability that 'more' does not.

Re 'never more' and 'no more', I would have to see the sentence. I think 'never more' fits into fewer sentences than 'no more' does.
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'Never more' as I said is from following sentence;

Knowledge is power, and never more so when battling the Taliban in Afghanistan.

I just wonder if 'no more' can be replaced in the sentence.

Thanks again Mister Micawber for help answering the question.
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You never said 'never more' was from any sentence, but be that as it may, you should not replace it with 'no more' in that sentence, which refers to a time in history. The point is that knowledge has equalled power many times through recorded (or unrecorded: viz Pandora's Box, Adam & Eve, Prometheus) history, and 'never' refers to time, not quantity.
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