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Originally Posted by Pulpmeister
I have heard, e.g "surer than ever" and I would use it in speech, but the phrase may be an idiom; in your sentence I would go with you and tell MS word to go jump on itself. I would never use MS Word Grammar Check for fiction; it's geared for commercial and business documents and for an reading age of eight. Last time I tried I had a character who was a Duchess, and every time the word cropped up it suggested gender-neutral options...
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When I turn in my writing for grad school I have to make sure that MS Word loves the text. If there is any errors that MS Word sees, then student assistants to the profs will just take points off blindly. Sure I could contest them and the Profs would adjust the score, sometimes, but its better not to upset the graders if you can help it.
But yeah in fiction, especially in dialog, MS Word does not do as well and I am not a fan of its "his or her" construction.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's definitely one of those words where both forms of the comparative are acceptable (unlike, say, "hot", where saying "more hot" is simply wrong). It's really a matter of personal preference.
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I am not sure I ever heard of "surer" before this.
But I don't like how the flow works with "surer" in this use case however I might add "becoming"
"At each turn he insisted he was sure he knew where these gardens were and I was
becoming more sure that we were completely lost."
