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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

The comparative form of the adverb 'high'

In the United States institutions of higher learning supported by public funds are not absolutely free, as are the elementary and secondary schools.

In the sentence above, 'higher' is an adjective and 'learning' is a noun, not a gerund; am I right?
And Must the comparative form of the adverb 'high' be 'more highly', not 'higher'?
  

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I would say that higher learning (or higher education) is a noun phrase. " However, both "high" and "highly" are used, in different contexts, as adverbs. I thought highly of him.

— Doctor D

  • I would say that higher learning (or higher education) is a noun phrase.
  • " However, both "high" and "highly" are used, in different contexts, as adverbs.
  • I thought highly of him.
  • I thought more highly of him than I did of her.
  • I climbed high up the mountain.
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I would say that higher learning (or higher education) is a noun phrase.

The comparative form of "high" is "higher" and the comparative form of "highly" is "more highly." However, both "high" and "highly" are used, in different contexts, as adverbs.

I thought highly of him. I thought more highly of him than I did of her.

I climbed high up the mountain. I climbed hig
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Thank you, Doctor D, for your concrete answer.

I thought as you did.
But I discovered the following on an online dictionary before I opened this thread.
: higher adjective
[only before noun] at a more advanced level; greater in rank or importance than others
<Source: In Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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The word 'higher' is used only directly before a noun when it means "at a more advanced level; greater in rank or importance than others". That seems clear enough to me.
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Thank you, fivejedjon, for your valuable answer. Emotion: smile
And I couldn't find 'higher' as the adverb.
I'm curious of what remark you
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park sang joonAnd I couldn't find 'higher' as the adverb.
Dr D gave you an example.
park sang joonI'm curious of what remark you would made if you hadn't used the 'when clause'.
But I did use the 'when' clause. That was essential to the sentence.
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Thank you, fivejedjon, for your continuing to support. Emotion: smile

Dr D gave you an example.
But I did use the 'when
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