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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

More Smarter

Will is smart. Chris is smarter than Will. Alan is smarter than Chris. Therefore, Alan is more smarter than Will, than Chris.

I would appreciate if anyone can tell me how this is flawed. Is it only improper because there is a rule stating that you simply cannot use 'more smarter'? If you properly take it apart, the sentence makes perfect sense, and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it. Why exactly, in the correct context, can I not use the phrase 'more smarter'?
  

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Anonymous Will is smart. Chris is smarter than Will. Alan is smarter than Chris.

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  • Anonymous Will is smart.
  • Chris is smarter than Will.
  • Alan is smarter than Chris.
  • Therefore, Alan is more smarter than Will, than Chris.
  • " It's ungrammatical.
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AnonymousWill is smart. Chris is smarter than Will. Alan is smarter than Chris. Therefore, Alan is more smarter than Will, than Chris.
"More smarter" is called a "double comparative." It's ungrammatical.

You can only compare two things at a time.

You can say, "Therefore Alan is smartest of all." That's what "superlatives" are for.
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use ( the smartest )
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Welcome to English Forums, Slash Cat. Thanks for joining us! [<:o)]

Best wishes, - A.
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Haha dude this entire question of yours is flawed. Literally. And it’s English not mathematics.
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anonymousWill is smart. Chris is smarter than Will. Alan is smarter than Chris. Therefore, Alan is more smarter than Will than Chris.I would appreciate if anyone can tell me how this is flawed.

English does not have the grammatical machinery that you wish it to have for this case. You have to express it differently.

Alan is somewhat smarter than C

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