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Parsa maozzez Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Grammar

Hi everybody. i have a question? which of these sentences is correct? (It was more green or It was greener) . if both are wrong please tell me how you i explain these kind of sentences
  

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Hi, parsa maozzez "It was more green" or "It was greener" Both are fine. Use the one that sounds more natural to your ears. It is like the difference between more polite and politer , more common and commoner , more likely and likelier , and so on.

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  • Hi, parsa maozzez "It was more green" or "It was greener" Both are fine.
  • Use the one that sounds more natural to your ears.
  • It is like the difference between more polite and politer , more common and commoner , more likely and likelier , and so on.
  • There are situations where speakers prefer not to use the comparative form of a word even if it is, strictly speaking, possible.
  • Regards
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Hi,
parsa maozzez"It was more green" or "It was greener"
Both are fine. Use the one that sounds more natural to your ears.

It is like the difference between more polite and politer, more common and commoner, more likely and likelier,

and so on. There are situations where speakers prefer not to use the
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In the US, these are normal collocations:

Grass is greener on the other side of the fence.

More common... more polite, and more likely.
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"Politer" and "commoner" are not at all correct, in any version of English. More polite and more common.
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Anonymous"Politer" and "commoner" are not at all correct, in any version of English.
Yes, they are. These forms are given in several reputable dictionaries, for example:
https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=common
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That's not right, actually...likelier? Are you sure that exists?
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AnonymousThat's not right, actually...likelier? Are you sure that exists?
Well, it's given in the online Oxford and M-W dictionaries, and COCA has 143 citations for it.
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Is it greener or more green

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More green or greener
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