There's something growing - something engorging itself upon the innocent minds of English speakers. It daily encroaches, becoming more and more sinister with each passing usage.
It's not a drug.
It's not a weapon.
It's something much subtler ... something known as the comparative.
Example. "My car is better than your car."
Simple enough, ja? The sentence compares one car to another.
How would you feel, though, if I said something like this: "My car is more better than your car." Aside from the potential for arrogance in that statement, using "more" with the ending "-er" is incorrect. Yet, I see just such a structure being used more and more by people who have no intention of being funny - heck, most of the time they're trying to be serious.
So, this is one for the road kids: use either "more" or "-er", but don't use both together.
It's not a drug.
It's not a weapon.
It's something much subtler ... something known as the comparative.
Example. "My car is better than your car."
Simple enough, ja? The sentence compares one car to another.
How would you feel, though, if I said something like this: "My car is more better than your car." Aside from the potential for arrogance in that statement, using "more" with the ending "-er" is incorrect. Yet, I see just such a structure being used more and more by people who have no intention of being funny - heck, most of the time they're trying to be serious.
So, this is one for the road kids: use either "more" or "-er", but don't use both together.
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