I had a squabble with my GF over this. The other day at lunch, she asked if, having eaten, I felt better then I did prior to eating. I said, "Yes and I will feel more better after digesting and resting." She said "more better" was ALWAYS wrong, and I argued that in this case it was correct because it actually was what I was trying to say, with "more" modifying "better", as opposed to the common incorrect usage where "more better" is used as a phrase modifying a noun, as in, "Ice cream is more better than ice." Am I wrong or was my usage correct? (I know it would have been preferable to say "even better" or "better still" or something, but I am curious how people respond to this one. Thanks!
=David
=David
"more better" is not correct.
I'll feel even better after...
Or After I..., I'll feel better yet.
I'll feel even better after...
Or After I..., I'll feel better yet.
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I once read something about "more better" or something like that. I remember reading that it is used, it's not "incorrect", descriptively speaking. That is, some native speakers in some situations actually use structures like "more better". It is obviously not accepted in formal English and probably in many varieties of English, but...
I'll try to find out someting about that on the net
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The aim was to try to, I mean I started off trying to say look what we
needed was more better programming, we've, that takes a number of
factors.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast_with_frost/1152949.stm
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where he probably wanted to say:
was more of the better programming
CB
Don't go overboard with your descriptiveness.
I agree with many of the things that the descriptive "grammarians" write, but I also think that when you get to the point where you accept and embrace any old thing that has ever been uttered, you've gone way too far.
=David
I really read something interesting about that, but I don't remember where. I'll try to search again... It is obvious that "more better" is very low register and not the best choice in practically every situation, but you know I'm a descriptive grammar fanatic!
Anyway, the poster seems to be more interested in what's considered correct in common standard English than in what native speakers say, since it seems he's a native speaker himself. So the answer for him is that he should say "even better" and not "more better".