Greatness

I sense something is amiss here-with greater greatness.

I think this is fine.

The greater the greatness is, the greater becomes trouble.

Dear Zhossain.

I am not convinced that "greater greatness" is correct.

What is the difference between: "with greatness comes troubles" and your phrase ?

To me, "greater greatness" is like saying "bigger bigness". It simply does not feel natural.

Greatness is a noun that means "the quality of being great, distinguished, or eminent". (e.g. Mozart's greatness as a

Thanks a lot suresh:)

john, I wanted to say something like ' with great power comes great responsibility.' But it sure does not sound good.That is why I asked the Question here. Hope It wasnt that much trouble for you guys.

Thanks you so much for clearing it out

Dear Azad

"with great power comes great responsibility" is perfectly good English and it sounds absolutely fine.


It is much better than your original proposal, that of Suresh, or mine.


As a native English speaker and TEFL teacher, I advise you strongly to say, "with great power comes great responsibility" or "with great power comes greater responsibility".

John, what if I want o make a similar sentence with words like ' greatness' and 'trouble'?

Zhossain -

I believe the difficulty resides in the meaning and use of the word greatness.

Greatness is a noun, and it means: the quality of being great, distinguished, or eminent.

An example of the correct use of the word greatness would be: John Kennedy’s greatness as a president cannot be disputed.

Bringing together the concept of difficulty or problems

Dear john,


I am deeply touched by the efforts that you put here to clear the confusions.I am struggling to learn English and finding it very hard to cope up with it, since it is not my first language.Main problem I face to pick up the words.It is like I know the synonymous of a particular word well enough, But I simply cant use it at the right time.And it gets even tougher, when I