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Is it right to say much more polite? Hi, I'm doing an excercise in which I have to complete a sentence with much or a bit plus a comparative form of an adjetive from a list. The sentence I have problems with is this: My children are_____________than my brother's. (Polite) His never say thank you. I've completed it writing much more polite, but in the solutions they say the correct answer is much politer or more polite. Why can't we say much more polite?
Nov 28, 2015 1:54 PM
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You can say that, it's correct English. The question is asking you to use a comparative with 'polite.' Much politer' or 'more polite' are the possible comparatives. Your children are politer than your brother's children. In your answer, you have modified the comparative with 'much''. Consequently the interpretation of your answer is that the degree to which your children are more polite than your brother's is larger. There is a difference in meaning between your answer and those given in the book. It is correct, but on this occasion not what the mark scheme was looking for.
November 28, 2015
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