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Latest post Wed, Oct 3 2007 1:57 PM by Mister Micawber. 4 replies.
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Anonymous  +  426092 Tue, 02 Oct 07 09:50 AM 
Hi

Could you explain to a non-native speaker how you make the choice between using 
'more qualified' vs. 'better qualified'? How it depends on the context.
Or are they just equivalent in meaning (and usage)?
 
Thanks,
Nika
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Mister Micawber  +  426527 Wed, 03 Oct 07 08:32 AM

I'd like to see the sentence you are considering, but as they stand, they seem equivalent to me.  I'm likely to use either.
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Neeraj Jain, 2 yr 37 days ago
I would like to agree with Mister Micawber.
Anonymous, 2 yr 37 days ago
 Mister Micawber wrote:
I'd like to see the sentence you are considering, but as they stand, they seem equivalent to me.  I'm likely to use either.

Well, would you use either of them (more/better) _equally_ in the following sentences:

- In my view, there's nobody *** qualified to resolve the problem/write a story/..whatever.
- He asks: why should they work hard to achieve when by working hard and achieving they came out seemingly no *** qualified than anyone else?
- It reinforces the Government's aim of a *** qualified workforce for the UK.


- In this case a *** qualified response might be (/have been) given...
Thanks,Nika

Mister Micawber  +  426601 Wed, 03 Oct 07 01:57 PM

OK: it seem to me still that both will work in all cases.  I can see nothing wrong with more at all, yet I myself seem to prefer better-- I think because better adds a note of excellence that more does not; overall, better seems to communicate more.
Mister Micawber
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