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When to use "easier" and "easily"?
I am wondering about usage of "easier" and "easily". In my opinion, both of the following sentences are corrected.
1. This product helps you clean your shirts easier. - This means "this product" helps you clean your shirts easier than before.
2. This product helps you clean your shirts easily. - This means "this product" helps you clean your shirts easily, very easy.
I would like to know the differences between them. Which one sounds more common for you? What do you usually say in you country?
28 Thg 04 2012 11:48
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"easier" is the comparative form of the adjective "easy"; it only qualifies nouns or other adjectives.
"easily" is an adverb; it's the adverbial correspondent of the adjective "easy"; it only qualifies verbs.
so: "easy" (adjective) and "easily" (adverb); "easier" (comparative of "easy") and "more easily" (comparative of "easily")
examples:
this is an easy answer.
this is an easier answer than the other one.
you answered it quite easily.
you answered it more easily than I could have done it.
hope this helped
28 tháng 4 năm 2012
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Usually I use the second one, easily - an adverb, meaning that with this product I have no difficulties washing my clothes. For the first one, easier - it's a comparative degree of an adjective easy, so you use it to compare several products. For example, you can say Yesterday I bought a new product for my washing machine and now it will be easier then before to clean my t-shirts.
28 tháng 4 năm 2012
Strictly speaking grammarwise, sentence one is not correct. The correct term is "more easily" in sentence two to realize the same meaning.
28 tháng 4 năm 2012
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