More clear vs Clearer: when to use more instead of -er? Where an answer, for example, for can be either clearer or more clear than other answers And to be honest, where I don't think it makes much difference which you use - they're effectively just alternative stylistic choices
literature - Dickens: meaning of “preserves” in “preserves of loaves . . . In both countries, it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever I could find no real (original) books that used preservers rather than preserves, so Dickens chose this word purposely Preserves in the OED (limited) is defined as a place that is kept for private hunting or an activity regarded as being
Rules for single-word comparatives and superlatives Closed 14 years ago Possible Duplicate: “More clear” vs “Clearer”, when to use “more” instead of “-er” Are there any rules for which words are allowed to have -er and -est endings?
Simpler or More Simple - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Closed 14 years ago Possible Duplicate: “More clear” vs “Clearer”, when to use “more” instead of “-er” Which of these two terms is correct? If they are both correct, are they identical in usage and meaning, or is one of the words more appropriate for some usages than the other?
grammar - What is the grammatical subject in these phrases: what is . . . In today's standard English, the grammatical subjects of examples #1 and #2 are the words "there" and "Who" respectively A technique that is often useful in determining the subject of an interrogative main clause is to look at declarative clause versions that could possibly correspond to them: "There is an apple (for us) to eat", "Tom is at the door"
How to add contextualizing text to a quotation? How do you add text which provides context to a quote? For example, consider if I were to quote someone as having said: This is unacceptable! Were that the whole quote, can I add any text to the
etymology - Conundrum: cleverer or more clever, simpler or more . . . The rule that mono- and disyllabic adjectives form their comparatives with -er and larger adjectives do so with more is more or less consistently correct (unless they be participles); however, if you want a more detailed explanation, I have given one below: There is no absolute rule, but the general trend is that any word that comes from Latin or French into English will form a comparative