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Used more than enough

Blog: Mad Man

March 31, 2010

One of the little things that bugs me these days, as if I didn't have enough, is the misuse of the word "more". For some reason, the radio ads I hear are full of it. People say things like "It's going to get more hot tomorrow", instead of "It's going to get hotter." Or, "No thanks, I couldn't get more full," or worse, "I couldn't get more fuller."

When you can use the ending "er" with a word to increase its amount, quantity or degree, you don't need the adjective "more" as a modifier. That was 6th grade English, as I remember. Anyway, it's just something I notice as people talk. There are long standing English grammar rules to handle those kinds of things.

And it doesn't make you any more smart if you don't know them.

Megatron 3 years, 1 month ago

Easy Chuck, easy.........relax......let's walk through this together. Looks like Pat has a personal pet peeve about improper grammar......and...that's...ok. I'm sensing that you may have a personal pet peeve about Pat voicing his peeve...and that's ok too. But....let's just try to understand that this just a blog where folks are free to voice their feelings. I have feelings, you have feelings, and Pat has some feelings too.....and it's ok. God made all of us different, and as a member of this here human race, you are going to just have to accept it. Now, I want you to pop the cap off a good bottle of Heineken, drink it slowly.....then lie down and try to get in touch with your own "feelings". I'll see you again next week at 9:00.