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Create A New AccountGo break some eggs - meaning - Some time to complete the task one has to go to some unpleasant things. One can say t- You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs.
Go break some eggs – meaning – Some time to complete the task one has to go to some unpleasant things. One can say t- You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs.
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In 1-syllabled adjectives, we use -er in the end for comparative degree. Cool is a 1-syllabled adjective. So, we use cooler when comparing to another thing. e.g. the weather is cooler than yesterday. However in certain situations, we use more with cool. e.g. She is more cool, patient and sweet thanRead more
In 1-syllabled adjectives, we use -er in the end for comparative degree. Cool is a 1-syllabled adjective. So, we use cooler when comparing to another thing. e.g. the weather is cooler than yesterday.
However in certain situations, we use more with cool. e.g. She is more cool, patient and sweet than her friend. Here we have three adjectives, so more cool looks appropriate rather than cooler.
Refer to this page to understand the basics of degrees.
See lessIn a two syllabled adjective which ends in -y, we use -ier in the end for comparative degrees. So, happier is usually used for comparing two things. e.g. Poonam is happier than her friend. However there is nothing wrong with using more happy instead of happier because, in two syllabled adjectives, wRead more
In a two syllabled adjective which ends in -y, we use -ier in the end for comparative degrees. So, happier is usually used for comparing two things. e.g. Poonam is happier than her friend.
However there is nothing wrong with using more happy instead of happier because, in two syllabled adjectives, we can use more. e.g. I will be more than happy to assist you.
Refer to this page to understand the basics of degrees of adjectives.
See lessIn English, both the phrases "in what year" and "in which year" are correct. However their use depends on the situation. "In which year" The word which is used for specific thing. e.g. if I have to choose from a number of shoes, I will say, "Which shoes should I wear". Similarly, we want to go for aRead more
In English, both the phrases “in what year” and “in which year” are correct. However their use depends on the situation.
The word which is used for specific thing. e.g. if I have to choose from a number of shoes, I will say, “Which shoes should I wear”.
Similarly, we want to go for a picnic, we will ask, “Which place should we visit”.
Hence the phrase “in which year” can be used when we have to choose from specific number of years. E.g. “in which year America got independence?” or;
“In which year, you got the job?”
We use “what” for general queries. In other words, the word “what” is used when we don’t have something specific in our minds.
E.g. “what are your plans for today”
Hence the phrase “in what year” is used for something which is not specific and the outcome will be from out of all the possible years.
E.g. “in what year Renaissance began?”
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Usually, calmer (the comparative degree of calm) is used in a sentence. e.g. He is calmer than his brother. Here calmer is an adjective and adding to the meaning of noun. However we can use "more" with calm in certain situations. e.g. She is more calm, patient and mature. In this case, we have threeRead more
Usually, calmer (the comparative degree of calm) is used in a sentence. e.g. He is calmer than his brother. Here calmer is an adjective and adding to the meaning of noun.
However we can use “more” with calm in certain situations. e.g. She is more calm, patient and mature. In this case, we have three adjectives. Hence use of more seems to be more appropriate.
We can now conclude that most of the times, we use calmer. However depending on the structure of sentence, we can use more with adjective i.e. calm.
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Here is the simple rule for making comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives. 1 syllable adjective + -er Honey is sweeter than sugar 2 syllables more + adjective Kashmir is more beautiful than Jammu 2 syllables ending in -y drop -y from adjective +-ier I am happier than him. So, we  use fresRead more
Here is the simple rule for making comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives.
So, we  use fresher instead of more fresh because fresh is a single syllable adjective. e.g. The air is fresher here than in Delhi.
However, in some cases, we use more with fresh. e.g. The beans are more fresh and tasty than ladyfingers. Here more fresh seems to be appropriate because we are using two adjectives.
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