more two than/two more than
Hi,there

I know you say "I have a THOUSAND dollars MORE than my brother has"

But do you say "I ate TWO MORE slices of cake/chunks of bread than my brother did" or "I ate TWO slices of cake/chunks of bread MORE than my brother did"?

And "I ran TWO miles MORE than my friend did" or " I ran TWO MORE miles than my friend did"?

Which order is correct?

Thank you

Please, help me

Question

more two than/two more than
Hi,there

I know you say "I have a THOUSAND dollars MORE than my brother has"

But do you say "I ate TWO MORE slices of cake/chunks of bread than my brother did" or "I ate TWO slices of cake/chunks of bread MORE than my brother did"?

And "I ran TWO miles MORE than my friend did" or " I ran TWO MORE miles than my friend did"?

Which order is correct?

Thank you

Please, help me

Answer

I don't know if there is a proper grammatical answer to this - and if so I am sure one of our wonderful grammarians will tell you!  But I would say "I ate two slices more than he did".  But I would say "there are two more slices left - who wants them".  With he other example I would say "I ran two miles further than my friend".   But, "I need to run two more miles to complete the course".

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