2014年1月12日 · Okay so the simplest answer I can give is, the usage of more clever versus cleverer is relative to two things; third person versus first person, and if the term is referencing a person or thing. For example: (From a narrative third person) Margie was more clever than Dick. (From a narrative first person) I was cleverer than Dick.

2006年6月2日 · Also, you shouldn't use the endings along with the words (more/most etc) in front (such as more cleverer), and words with 1 syllable usually are special cases, such as good/better/best. Clever having two syllables is ok; it only looks weird because of the -erer (but it sounds fine to me, adding -est also sounds natural (which is probably a good ...

2024年5月1日 · Cleverer is an adaptation of clever.As in, Marsha is cleverer than Mark, but Madison is the cleverest of all.It does sound better to use, Marsha is more clever than Mark, but Madison is the most ...

2014年12月24日 · Both 'cleverer' and 'more clever' are used. If anything 'cleverer' is more common. See this ngram to show how usage has varied over time. Cross-posted with sdg. You can change the corpus in the ngram to BE and AE - to find that despite what our AE friends say, 'cleverer' is just as common in AE as 'more clever'.

2008年11月20日 · Outside discussions of personal preference, consider that 'cleverer' tends to stand alone, while 'more clever' lends itself to further comparisons: "a student more clever than (he is) intelligent" (hats off to broglet); "I'd prefer an …

2009年12月5日 · I think cleverer is the better form, and that more clever is not quite as natural, but that more clever is used more than it might otherwise be because cleverer is a bit awkward to say. I would also say cleverest, but would be satisfied with most clever. Most cleverest is …

2023年8月29日 · comparative = cleverer or more clever superlative = cleverest or most clever Clever is one of a few adjectives that has both forms for comparative and superlative. Is the word clever a iamb?

2006年4月16日 · Clever - cleverer - the cleverest, it sounds good to me!But definitely not 'more clever', this word is to short to use 'more'...

2022年4月28日 · comparative = cleverer or more clever superlative = cleverest or most clever Clever is one of a few adjectives that has both forms for comparative and superlative.

2006年1月26日 · Perhaps "narrower" works better as a noun modifier {a narrower road} while "more narrow" modifies verbs and adverbs {the road became more narrow as we drove along}. {She is the cleverer of the two} {She is more clever than I}