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1a. If you want to have good health, you have to have a more proper regimen.

1b. If you want to gain good health, you must have a more appropriate regimen.

- Are these sentences grammatical and ok to say?

Thank you very much, Teachers

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JohnParis · Accepted Answer

Regimen is not the word you want.

It means: a prescribed course of medical treatment, way of life, or diet for the promotion or restoration of health.

If you want good health, you must have an appropriate diet.

John

Dave_anon · Answer

Hi

On the question of grammar, there is a possible question about using "proper" with a comparative: "more proper" or "less proper"

There is no problem with "appropriate": a thing can definitely be more or less appropriate

There is no definite rule that I can think of but, with proper, some English speakers would say that either a thing is proper or it is not - the comparison often doesn't seem right

If the shopkeeper leaves the till open and one man takes $20 and another only takes $5 then we do not say the second man acted more properly

As said, I cannot give a firm rule but I would say, if you are in doubt, do not use "more" or "less" with proper..

- You would suffer from those stomach problems less if you had a more appropriate diet

- You would not have those stomach problems if you had a proper diet

The first works with the comparative but I would say that the second works better without it

Hope this may help, Dave

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