{"id":1950,"date":"2020-11-21T06:27:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T05:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/blog\/?p=1950"},"modified":"2020-11-21T06:27:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T05:27:01","slug":"more-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/blog\/more-better\/","title":{"rendered":"More better: Is this correct?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grammar can be very confusing which is why certain phrases seem right when we speak them but in real sense, they defy the fluency of English as a language. One such example is <\/span><b>more better,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a commonly used phrase that is grammatically incorrect.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adjectives are words that modify a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/blog\/nouns-worksheet-why-you-need-to-learn-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noun or a pronoun<\/a>. For example in a sentence like Mary is a beautiful girl, beautiful is the adjective as it describes more about the girl. Adjectives can also be used to show comparison. On a comparison scale, the lowest is known as the <\/span><b>positive <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">form, the middle is the <\/span><b>comparative<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the highest is the<\/span><b> superlative<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><br \/>\n<b>Examples:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her hair is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">long<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; positive<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her hair is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">longer<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 &#8211; comparative<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her hair is the<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> longest<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; superlative<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our focus is on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/blog\/adjectives-what-to-do-about-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comparative nature of adjectives<\/a>. We apply it when only two things or people are compared. We make the comparison in two ways:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">addition of <\/span><b><i>-er<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the positive<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">addition of the word <\/span><b><i>more<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">before the adjective. More is added when the word has two syllables and is not ending with -y as well as when it has three or more syllables.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">expensive &#8211; more expensive<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">boring &#8211; more boring<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also when comparing two things, we can add <\/span><b>than<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between the adjective and the object.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example: <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She is prettier <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">than<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> her sister.<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hoping that the rules are clear, let us seek answers to the question &#8220;is more better grammatically correct?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Is it correct to say more better?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Better is an irregular adjective in its comparative nature. This means it does not necessarily follow the rules because its forms are <\/span><b>good<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as positive and <\/span><b>best<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as superlative, instead of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gooder <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">goodest<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Another irregular adjective is <\/span><b>bad<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The comparative becomes <\/span><b>worse<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and its superlative becomes <\/span><b>worst, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">instead of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">badder<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">baddest<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So is it really correct to say more better? As we have seen, for a word to take its comparative nature, we either add <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-er<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to its positive form or add <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before the word. An important rule to note is to never use <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-er\/-est<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more\/the most<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> together. This is where we get our answer, that more better is completely wrong.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saying more better, more longer, or more prettier is repetition. Better is already in comparative format; hence, more better is similar to saying more more good. Likewise, more prettier is equivalent to more more pretty. This is absolutely wrong even at first glance. Something can only be better and never more better.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Is it more better or much better?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You might be wondering if much better is correct. Well, this phrase is actually an alternative to more better. Instead of saying more better, you would rather use <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">best<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">much better,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> even better<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They are all related in meaning. We can get a clearer understanding through these examples:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wrong: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>My laptop is good but you&#8217;ll find my brother&#8217;s laptop to be more better.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct: <em>My laptop is good but you&#8217;ll find my brother&#8217;s laptop to be <\/em><\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">much better<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wrong: <em>Her answer was good but her deskmate&#8217;s answer was more better.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correct: <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her answer was good but her deskmate&#8217;s answer was even better.<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can try to understand better by answering other questions that share the same confusion.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Is more easier correct?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People commonly use <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more easier <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in a sentence. After defining the comparative rules, does this seem correct? Absolutely not! Instead of using the incorrect more easier, you could simply write it as easier.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Is more faster grammatically correct?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The answer to this question is similar to the one we have just answered. We cannot say more faster but rather we can simply say faster or much faster. I think by now the concept is well understood.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most people use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Is-it-correct-to-say-more-better\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more better assuming it is accurate English<\/a> &#8211; thinking it means better.\u00a0 This is a common mistake because longer adjectives are compared using more, that is, more important, more expensive. As a result, many people think it&#8217;s okay to say more better, more richer, more easier etc. But that is always incorrect. Remember that we should never add -er to an adjective preceded by &#8216;more&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grammar can be very confusing which is why certain phrases seem right when we speak them but in real sense, they defy the fluency of &#8230; <a title=\"More better: Is this correct?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/blog\/more-better\/\" aria-label=\"More on More better: Is this correct?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_generate-full-width-content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[292],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}