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It is simpler to use simpler when you want to express that one thing is simpler than something else.. Simpler is a word that is in use for this very purpose, so don't waste your breath, ink or electricity with more simple.
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2007年11月2日 · "Simpler" is probably more widely used. I think for both the comparative and the superlative it depends on how it sounds and how it's pronounced. For example, I would use "more fun" never "funner", but I could see myself using "funnest" or "most fun".
"Much more simple" or "much more simpler" [closed]
Much simpler or much more simple. One or the other, not both. – John Lawler. Commented Oct 7, 2013 at 16 ...
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2020年5月22日 · My question is not a duplicate. I am seeking alternatives for simpler is better, not ways to describe extreme sparseness and simplicity. Also, the contrast inherent in simpler is better, which is essential to my question, is absent in the less-is-more question. Addendum re potential duplicate: Is there a funny expression for "Keep it simple"?
Meaning of 'Make things as simple as possible, but not simpler'
2017年2月22日 · If 0 is complicated, 10 is the simplest description, 11 might be the step you are removing information/adding false information to make it "simpler", thereby departing from the underlying truth of what you are trying to describe (and moving from science to fiction).
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2014年1月12日 · Meanwhile, TFD insists that the comparative and superlative form of simple is simpler and simplest. Google seems to concur and produces 17 pages for “it is simpler” compared to only 9 pages for “it is more simple”. The two-syllable adjectives that I am aware of, which have both kinds of comparative and superlative forms are:
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2009年3月3日 · You can make a problem simpler, more simple. I don't think you can make it simplest, most simple. When you make it simpler, you are comparing the problem as it is now with the problem as it was before. The same applies to other adjectives. I can make my tea hotter, but not hottest. I can cut my hair shorter, but not shortest.
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2007年5月24日 · Definitely "simpler" is to be preferred. The phrase "more simple" sounds studied, affected and slightly - précieux . From a purely etymological point of view "more simple" is almost a contradiction in terms:
Some philosophers stated that "the simpler, the better"
2010年9月28日 · Some philosophers stated that the simpler, the better yes, of course i don't voluntarily cite any philosopher (even I could). By the by, if I cited one in particular, woudn't be neccessary that " the simpler, the better" was the exact phrase he stated?I have in my mind one that stated that idea but I don't think he used exactly those words!
phrases - Put it simple or put it simply - English Language
Let's put it simply: If the central government wanted to "eliminate" the Dalai Lama, why has it waited for such a long time? Isn't it foolish to take action against Dalai at such an old age? I...