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Grammar and Linguistics > HELLLPPPP!!!
HELLLPPPP!!!
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veraviana
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HELLLPPPP!!!
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Hi dear friends! Can you help me? I hope so because I thought I knew this (double comparative) and now...
I have the following sentence in my students � book:
Cheap airline fares are getting ________________________ (easy) to find.
I �d say easier and easier but the answer key says more and more easy. 
Which one is correct?
Thanks in advance!
Hugs,
Vera |
8 Mar 2010
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Durbanite
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Hello Vera!
For sure the correct answer is easier and easier.
Durbanite (Fernanda) |
8 Mar 2010
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yanogator
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I think "more and more easy" also sounds gramatically correct, but "easier and easier" is definitely the best answer.
Bruce |
8 Mar 2010
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Olindalima ( F )
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Hi Vera
... easier and easier
I would bet, but my grandfather told me once I could insist and persist, but I should never bet. I try to follow his wisdom . LOL
linda
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8 Mar 2010
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Mariethe House
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easier and easier! That"s what I have been teaching for35 years! But maybe I have been wrong for 35 years!  I am sure it is easier and easier although it is not true that teaching is getting easier and easier!( lol)
have a nice evening, day afternoon, morning!
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8 Mar 2010
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veraviana
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I thought so too but the problem is that you listen to so many mistakes on TV and in some series (eg. I �ve already heard someone say more easy) that you start to doubt yourself. Besides, the book suggests this answer so...
Anyway, thank you so much! ^__^ |
8 Mar 2010
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Yulia Mo
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Grammatically both are correct as easy is a two syllable adjective ending in Y. Like pretty - more pretty or prettier.
But easier sounds better and i hear it more often.
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8 Mar 2010
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Kate (kkcat)
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There is a list of such adjectives that can take both comparative forms with �more � or with -er.
Can �t find the list right now. Does anyone have it here?
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8 Mar 2010
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akuzmenok
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According to the correct grammar, two-syllable adjectives ending in -y should take the suffix -er. Whatever other variant you can hear, remember that people can make mistakes in their speech (in any language), as well as the author of the tests. |
8 Mar 2010
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