How much shorter are your hands than mine?
or How much more expensive is your phone than mine?
Are those questions well-formed?
Do i have to use much here?
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Alex Kar-karAlex Kar-kar
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or How much more expensive is your phone than mine?
Are those questions well-formed?
Do i have to use much here?
questions syntax comparative
asked 8 hours ago
Alex Kar-karAlex Kar-kar
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are is plural. phone is singular.
– TRomano
8 hours ago
But otherwise? Are those questions correct? Can i say "how more expensive is your phone than mine?"
– Alex Kar-kar
8 hours ago
Yes, you can. How much faster is your car than mine? or How much faster than mine is your car?
– TRomano
8 hours ago
Yes, they're fine.
– Colin Fine
7 hours ago
It has to be "how much more expensive is your phone than mine?"
– Weather Vane
7 hours ago
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or How much more expensive is your phone than mine?
Are those questions well-formed?
Do i have to use much here?
questions syntax comparative
asked 8 hours ago
Alex Kar-karAlex Kar-kar
11
or How much more expensive is your phone than mine?
Are those questions well-formed?
Do i have to use much here?
questions syntax comparative
questions syntax comparative
asked 8 hours ago
Alex Kar-karAlex Kar-kar
11
asked 8 hours ago
Alex Kar-karAlex Kar-kar
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Alex Kar-karAlex Kar-kar
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asked 8 hours ago
Alex Kar-karAlex Kar-kar
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asked 8 hours ago
Alex Kar-karAlex Kar-kar
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are is plural. phone is singular.
– TRomano
8 hours ago
But otherwise? Are those questions correct? Can i say "how more expensive is your phone than mine?"
– Alex Kar-kar
8 hours ago
Yes, you can. How much faster is your car than mine? or How much faster than mine is your car?
– TRomano
8 hours ago
Yes, they're fine.
– Colin Fine
7 hours ago
It has to be "how much more expensive is your phone than mine?"
– Weather Vane
7 hours ago
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show 3 more comments
are is plural. phone is singular.
– TRomano
8 hours ago
But otherwise? Are those questions correct? Can i say "how more expensive is your phone than mine?"
– Alex Kar-kar
8 hours ago
Yes, you can. How much faster is your car than mine? or How much faster than mine is your car?
– TRomano
8 hours ago
Yes, they're fine.
– Colin Fine
7 hours ago
It has to be "how much more expensive is your phone than mine?"
– Weather Vane
7 hours ago
are is plural. phone is singular.
– TRomano
8 hours ago
are is plural. phone is singular.
– TRomano
8 hours ago
But otherwise? Are those questions correct? Can i say "how more expensive is your phone than mine?"
– Alex Kar-kar
8 hours ago
But otherwise? Are those questions correct? Can i say "how more expensive is your phone than mine?"
– Alex Kar-kar
8 hours ago
Yes, you can. How much faster is your car than mine? or How much faster than mine is your car?
– TRomano
8 hours ago
Yes, you can. How much faster is your car than mine? or How much faster than mine is your car?
– TRomano
8 hours ago
Yes, they're fine.
– Colin Fine
7 hours ago
Yes, they're fine.
– Colin Fine
7 hours ago
It has to be "how much more expensive is your phone than mine?"
– Weather Vane
7 hours ago
It has to be "how much more expensive is your phone than mine?"
– Weather Vane
7 hours ago
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I cannot give chapter and verse on this answer. I learned my grammar from Latin. Latin has something called *ablative of (**degree of) ** comparison*.
Manus meae multo breviores sunt quand tuae. My hands are much shorter than yours.
Multo is the ablative of the adjective multus. So literally, it means ...shorter by much. English has similar devices.
My phone is more expensive than yours by far
My phone is cooler than yours by a mile
These 2 are adverbial phrases and postmodifiers. Much is a premodifier. By a mile and by far can become premodifiers with a little modification.
My phone is miles (or far) more expensive.
You questions ask how much shorter or more expensive. So this usage can be called ‘degree of comparison.
Health warning⚠️: The Latin is correct, but I have so far not found evidence for the English.
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I cannot give chapter and verse on this answer. I learned my grammar from Latin. Latin has something called *ablative of (**degree of) ** comparison*.
Manus meae multo breviores sunt quand tuae. My hands are much shorter than yours.
Multo is the ablative of the adjective multus. So literally, it means ...shorter by much. English has similar devices.
My phone is more expensive than yours by far
My phone is cooler than yours by a mile
These 2 are adverbial phrases and postmodifiers. Much is a premodifier. By a mile and by far can become premodifiers with a little modification.
My phone is miles (or far) more expensive.
You questions ask how much shorter or more expensive. So this usage can be called ‘degree of comparison.
Health warning⚠️: The Latin is correct, but I have so far not found evidence for the English.
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I cannot give chapter and verse on this answer. I learned my grammar from Latin. Latin has something called *ablative of (**degree of) ** comparison*.
Manus meae multo breviores sunt quand tuae. My hands are much shorter than yours.
Multo is the ablative of the adjective multus. So literally, it means ...shorter by much. English has similar devices.
My phone is more expensive than yours by far
My phone is cooler than yours by a mile
These 2 are adverbial phrases and postmodifiers. Much is a premodifier. By a mile and by far can become premodifiers with a little modification.
My phone is miles (or far) more expensive.
You questions ask how much shorter or more expensive. So this usage can be called ‘degree of comparison.
Health warning⚠️: The Latin is correct, but I have so far not found evidence for the English.
answered 4 hours ago
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I cannot give chapter and verse on this answer. I learned my grammar from Latin. Latin has something called *ablative of (**degree of) ** comparison*.
Manus meae multo breviores sunt quand tuae. My hands are much shorter than yours.
Multo is the ablative of the adjective multus. So literally, it means ...shorter by much. English has similar devices.
My phone is more expensive than yours by far
My phone is cooler than yours by a mile
These 2 are adverbial phrases and postmodifiers. Much is a premodifier. By a mile and by far can become premodifiers with a little modification.
My phone is miles (or far) more expensive.
You questions ask how much shorter or more expensive. So this usage can be called ‘degree of comparison.
Health warning⚠️: The Latin is correct, but I have so far not found evidence for the English.
answered 4 hours ago
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I cannot give chapter and verse on this answer. I learned my grammar from Latin. Latin has something called *ablative of (**degree of) ** comparison*.
Manus meae multo breviores sunt quand tuae. My hands are much shorter than yours.
Multo is the ablative of the adjective multus. So literally, it means ...shorter by much. English has similar devices.
My phone is more expensive than yours by far
My phone is cooler than yours by a mile
These 2 are adverbial phrases and postmodifiers. Much is a premodifier. By a mile and by far can become premodifiers with a little modification.
My phone is miles (or far) more expensive.
You questions ask how much shorter or more expensive. So this usage can be called ‘degree of comparison.
Health warning⚠️: The Latin is correct, but I have so far not found evidence for the English.
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are is plural. phone is singular.
– TRomano
8 hours ago
But otherwise? Are those questions correct? Can i say "how more expensive is your phone than mine?"
– Alex Kar-kar
8 hours ago
Yes, you can. How much faster is your car than mine? or How much faster than mine is your car?
– TRomano
8 hours ago
Yes, they're fine.
– Colin Fine
7 hours ago
It has to be "how much more expensive is your phone than mine?"
– Weather Vane
7 hours ago