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Anonymous  +  197905 Fri, 17 Feb 06 12:00 PM

What is the difference between   "even more" and "much more"?

I want to learn English even more than now. 

I want to speak English even more better than I do.

I want to speak English much more better than I do.


Are they the same?  Are they correct?

pieanne  +  197965 Fri, 17 Feb 06 02:46 PM
 Anonymous wrote:

What is the difference between   "even more" and "much more"?

I want to learn English even more than now.  This is weird... It should be something like "I want to learn English even more than I did last year" You don't know English. Already last year you wanted to learn it, but now you have a still greater desire to learn it.

I want to speak English even more better than I do. I want to speak English even better than I do: you already have a good level in English, but you want to know it still better.

I want to speak English much more better than I do.I want to speak E. much better than I do: You don't find your level in E. satisfying, so you want to make it a lot better.

"More better" will never be correct Smile [:)] "Better" is already a comparative, so you don't want to add "more".
Are they the same?  Are they correct?

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Goodman  +  198069 Fri, 17 Feb 06 07:19 PM

Hi,

These sentences are not the same and there are structural problems

To make a little more sense with the examples given, I’ve changed it a little based on your wording.

  I want to learn English even more than now. 

  I want to learn English even more now than before

I want to speak English even more better than I do. – “ More “and “better” are grammatically incorrect to be used together. Not exactly sure what you tried to say. But I’ll take a guess.

 I want to speak English better even more [now] than I ever did before.

I want to speak English much more better than I do.

I want to speak English much better than I do .

Here are a few examples of using “even more” and “much more”

1)      I missed her even more than I realize.

2)      I’ve always liked Jane but I like her even more after she lost weigh.

3)      There is much more to learn than meet- the- eyes.

4)      Jane is much more than a pretty face. She is very smart.

Much more and even more are used in a contrastive / comparative contexts. You need two concepts, things, or ideas in order to use them.

 

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