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BetterRed · 07-30-2022, 07:18 PM

The use of 'more' and 'most' to qualify adjectives rather than using the comparative ('-er') and superlative ('-est') forms.

FX 'more quick' rather than 'quicker', 'most slow' rather than 'slowest'.

I thought it was a prolix-prone US trait, but I now hear it all the time on the BBC. And I really mean 'all the time', a commandment must have been issued from on high. Baby sister A(ustralian)BC is on the same path.

Stop it! Use not many words when few would serve.

BR

07-30-2022, 07:18 PM	#237
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,826 Karma: 30277270 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	The use of 'more' and 'most' to qualify adjectives rather than using the comparative ('-er') and superlative ('-est') forms. FX 'more quick' rather than 'quicker', 'most slow' rather than 'slowest'. I thought it was a prolix-prone US trait, but I now hear it all the time on the BBC. And I really mean 'all the time', a commandment must have been issued from on high. Baby sister A(ustralian)BC is on the same path. Stop it! Use not many words when few would serve. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 07-30-2022 at 10:55 PM.