Use of "more serious"

Take a good look at what you wrote.

Is the use of "more serious" OK here?

Junior nurses work alongside more senior nurses.
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The grammar is OK no matter which of those two words you choose.

Thanks, Clive -- and sorry for the typo.

I want to know why more is not redundant with senior?

Junior nurses work alongside senior nurses.

Or

Some of our senior nurses want to work alon

Mr. TomThanks, Clive

I'm not Clive.

Mr. TomI want to know why more is not redundant with senior.

It's not necessarily redundant because in this context, as well as in many others, you may take "more senior" to mean "more experienced" and "more junior" to mean "less experienced".

CalifJim"more junior" to mean "less experienced"

Hi CJ.

Does it mean that a "junior one" is more experienced than a "more junior one"? But I have some doubts about the usage of that regarding the chain of command; in other words, if CEO has two deputies and one of them is "more junior", does it mean that he or she is higher in hierarchy than the "jun

AnonymousDoes it mean that a "junior one" is more experienced than a "more junior one"?

That comparison is seldom made, but no, the more junior you are, the less experienced you are, i.e., the more inexperienced you are.

Anonymouschain of command

The more "senior" you are, the higher you are in the chain of com

Thank you, CJ, for your useful reply.