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Kjs980508 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

friendlier? or more friendly?

Some of my friends use "friendlier", while others use "more friendly" when they make the comparative form of the adjective "friendly".
So, I want to know which one is correct and which one the native speakers usually use.... Thanks.
  

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"Friendly" is an adverb, so, I'll prefer to write "more friendly"

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"Friendly" is an adverb, so, I'll prefer to write "more friendly"
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Tito Dutta"Friendly" is an adverb, so, I'll prefer to write "more friendly"
No, it isn't. 'Friendly' is an adjective.

You can use 'friendlier' and 'friendliest' as well as 'more/most friendly'.

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Better to read the previous reply.

Friendly is NOT an adverb, it is an adjective.

A friendly person.. she spoke to me in a friendly way.. my dog is more friendly than my wife etc
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More friendly or friendliest

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I'm an American native speaker and also an ESL teacher. You hear both forms because both forms are correct. You can either say more friendly or friendlier.

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Some sentences like Who is (more friendly/friendlier)- Al Gore or George Bush, more friendly works better.

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"Friendly" is both an adjective and adverb. So when it works as an adjective, in its comparative form, we could add ier, e.g., My dog is friendlier than my cat.

However, when "friendly" works as an adverb, as well in its comparative form, we could add more, e.g., My mother speaks more friendly than my fat

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Hey kjs980508, I have been taught my whole life that the correct version is 'friendlier'. Autocorrect also changes more eco-friendly into eco-friendlier when using Word. I guess they are both grammatically correct but I would use friendlier. Hope this was helpful

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