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Tenacious Learner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

More loudly versus louder

Hi teachers,
Which one is correct?
a) The audience applauded more loudly for her than for him.
a) The audience applauded louder for her than for him.

Thanks in advance.
  

Top answer

'loud' can be an adjective or an adverb, so both are fine. You need an adverb here, and both "more loudly" and "louder" count as adverbs. CJ

— CalifJim

  • 'loud' can be an adjective or an adverb, so both are fine.
  • You need an adverb here, and both "more loudly" and "louder" count as adverbs.
  • CJ
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'loud' can be an adjective or an adverb, so both are fine.

You need an adverb here, and both "more loudly" and "louder" count as adverbs.

CJ
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Hi Jim,
Thank you for your reply.Emotion: smile
The same thing happens with these two adverbs then, both of them are correct, aren't they?
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Thinking SpainThe same thing happens with these two adverbs then, both of them are correct, aren't they?a) She greeted me the most politest of all.b) She greeted me the most politely of all.
Before I answer this, note that you can either add -est to the word, or you can add most in front of the word, but you can't do both, so most polit
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Hi Jim,
Thank you very much for your reply and comments.
So every time the adverb finishes in '-ly' we put more for the comparative and most for the superlative, like 'privately' and 'probably', except for the adverb 'early'. 'Early' is the only exception, isn't it?
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Thinking Spain'Early' is the only exception, isn't it?
I'm not sure to tell you the truth. I've never thought about it.

CJ
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Hi Jim,
Thank you for your reply. I'll try to look for the answer to that one.

TS
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CalifJimI'm not sure to tell you the truth. I've never thought about it.
Hi Jim,
Okay here you are:
You spoke to that person kindly.
You spoke kindlier than most people would have.

That's the only one that I found.
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Thinking SpainOkay here you are:
You're getting good! Now you can even answer some of your own questions!
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CalifJim Now you can even answer some of your own questions!
Hi Jim,
Thank you. But let's say that I can answer just a few of them, if not less than that. I guess I'm being too generous to my ears.
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