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- How to use what is more? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Furthermore and what's more are not exactly synonymous, and are generally found in different contexts Furthermore is a transition word that tells the reader to expect an addition to previously stated facts or arguments It does not imply that the new fact or argument is more important Furthermore is most often found in formal written contexts
- word usage - more smooth or more smoother? Which is right . . .
Grammatically, the most correct form is 'smoother' It's a monosyllabic word, just as fast -> faster, quick -> quicker, etc NOTE: when smooth is used as an adverb, it may become 'more smoothly' E g with the friction taken out, the wheel rolled more smoothly
- numbers - Does more than 2 include 2? - English Language Learners . . .
more than 2 is > 2, meaning greater than but not including 2 your other phrase two or more is very succinct and clear, you could also use at least 2 to mean ">= 2", it does not need to be entirely spelled out as greater than or equal to 2
- further VS. more - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
more reputation on Stack Exchange Example in one sentence: We need more money for further research On interchangeability: When both extension and countability are correct, you can use "more" instead of further, but usually "further" sounds more polished Example: We need more research We need further research Move a few inches more to the
- Could you tell me If I can use the words “more strict” and “Most strict . . .
I got confused with “ stricter and more strict”, strictest and most strict” What is the rule about this or both are correct? Let me make a sentence with stricter Dan is stricter than Ryan about productivity Trump is more strict than Obama about illegal immigration
- meaning - What is the difference between S and S? - English Language . . .
We use only an apostrophe (') after plural nouns that end in -s: "my sons' toys" means that I have more than one son and these are their toys We use 's for possession with the other plural nouns For example: "my children's toys; women's wishes, etc
- You are vs. youre — what is the difference between them?
@JohnLawler I’m betting that non-native speakers are seldom taught that many such “contractions” occur naturally in speaking because of reduction of unstressed pieces — more than we write, in fact (Like in “I’ll’ve given ’er another chance by then ”) And that they all originated in that fashion –
- prepositions - explain this vs explain about this - English . . .
Yes, the sentence is much more fluent without the about The simplest answer is "because that's not how we generally speak in English"; you can see how much more common explain this is than explain about this is It is not impossible to use explain with about, but explain usually takes a direct object, which is the thing that you are explaining
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