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0 He everybody, I want to ask you a question about comperative sentences. When do we use "far more" ? such as far more longer or etc. why dont we use it is longer than this? 0-

Paco2004 · Accepted Answer

0 Hello Fenerbahçeli 02br
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00"Far" means "very much" when it comes before a comparative adjective. 02br
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00 [1] China is far bigger than Japan. 02br
00 = China is very much bigger than Japan. 02br
00 [2] The Danube is far longer than the Rhine. 02br
00 = The Danube is very much longer than the Rhine. 02br
00 [3] To live is far more difficult than to die. 02br
00 = To live is very much more difficult than to die. 02br
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00I think "far more longer" is ungrammatical, because it doubles comparative adjectives : more and longer. 02br
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00paco 0-

Temico · Answer

0 To paco, 02br
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00How about "longer by far"? e.g. 02br
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00The river Nile is long but the Mississippi river is LONGER BY FAR." 0-

Pieanne · Answer

0 It's much longer. 0-

Paco2004 · Answer

0 Hello Temico 02br
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00Someone might say something like "better by far". However, I believe "by far + superlative" is by far the commonest usage. 02br
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Temico · Answer

0 paco, 02br
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00Re: "by far + superlative" 02br
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00"Superlative"?? You mean "by far LONGEST/BIGGEST/BEST"?? 02br
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00Actually, "by far", implies extremity. e.g. 02br
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00A cow is FAR BIGGER than a sheep but a dinosaur is bigger than both of them BY FAR!. 0-

Paco2004 · Answer

0 I mean "by far 01b00the02b00 LONGEST/BIGGEST/BEST" 02br
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Temico · Answer

0 BTW, what happened to your "I have eaten" post, paco?? 0-

Julielai · Answer

0 Hi temico, 02br
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00Here it is. 02br
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Fenerbahçeli · Answer

0 thank you very much for your helps. 0-

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