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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

'more qualified' vs. 'better qualified'

Hi

Could you explain to a non-native speaker how you make the choice between using 
'more qualified' vs. 'better qualified'? How it depends on the context.
Or are they just equivalent in meaning (and usage)?
 
Thanks,
Nika
 
  
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I'd like to see the sentence you are considering, but as they stand, they seem equivalent to me. I'm likely to use either.
— Mister Micawber
  • I'd like to see the sentence you are considering, but as they stand, they seem equivalent to me.
  • I'm likely to use either.
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I'd like to see the sentence you are considering, but as they stand, they seem equivalent to me.  I'm likely to use either.
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 I would like to agree with Mister Micawber. 
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Mister MicawberI'd like to see the sentence you are considering, but as they stand, they seem equivalent to me.  I'm likely to use either.
Well, would you use either of them (more/better) equally in the following sentences: 

- In my view, there's nobody *** qualified to resolve the problem/write a story/..whatever.  
- He asks: why should t
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OK: it seem to me still that both will work in all cases.  I can see nothing wrong with more at all, yet I myself seem to prefer better-- I think because better adds a note of excellence that more does not; overall, better seems to communicate more.
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