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amistupid

harrowing wrote: »

Drole! Judge Judy is great, the's a tough lady who never apologizes and thinks she's cleverer then everyone else.

Abit like Maggie T?

amistupid

harrowing wrote: »

she's cleverer then everyone else.

Cleverer or more clever

Gradable adjectives can be used in their comparative and superlative forms, whether using a periphrasis (more, the most) or an inflection (-er, -est). The inflection with disyllabic adjectives is used when the last syllable is unstressed (therefore: happy - happier, easy - easier), when they end with a syllabic "l" (simple - simpler) or with an "r" (clever-cleverer). Trisyllabic or longer adjectives take the periphrastic form unless they are negations of disyllabic adjectives with the prefix un- (unhappy - unhappier).

harrowing_3

amistupid wrote: »

Cleverer or more clever

disyllabic adjectives with the prefix un- (unhappy - unhappier).

Yep, I mis-skewed there, caught out at silly mid off. Now give me the rule when to use "less" and when to use "fewer"

amistupid

harrowing wrote: »

Yep, I mis-skewed there, caught out at silly mid off. Now give me the rule when to use "less" and when to use "fewer"

No au contaire, perfecly acceptable, good shot straight to the rope!

amistupid

harrowing wrote: »

Yep, I mis-skewed there, caught out at silly mid off. Now give me the rule when to use "less" and when to use "fewer"

Ask Tesco's http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7591905.stm

harrowing_3

Yes, they bottled out didn't they? Reworded to avoid both "less" and "fewer" ! :rotfl:

Surprised to see I was correct with cleverer, should have done my usual trick and googled it, it comes up with something "interesting" !
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4183166.stm

amistupid

Less with uncountable nouns and fewer with countable plural nouns

Lower interest rates, less money for savers, fewer coins in their pockets.

I'm so glad you raised this point I never had a clue. Good old Google!

harrowing_3

Yep, and the odd ones that catch you out: less weeks is OK because the weeks are referring to "time period" rather than countable objects. PHEW!

amistupid

harrowing wrote: »

Yep, and the odd ones that catch you out: less weeks is OK because the weeks are referring to "time period" rather than countable objects. PHEW!

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! I'd have gone for fewer weeks :mad:

What about using not as many?

amistupid

Back to Dickens

Credit is a system whereby a person who can not pay gets another person who can not pay to guarantee that he can pay.