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[maderr]

I just wrote "more clever" and my spell check insists it should be "cleverer." Is that grammatically correct? Because it doesn't seem like it to me.

Comments

[thornsilver]

Yes, because "clever" has only two syllables. I don't think anybody actually *follows* that rule, though.

[maderr.livejournal.com]

Huh, learn something new every day. 'cleverer' it is then. thankee.

[thornsilver]

Or you can use "smarter"? :)

[maderr.livejournal.com]

lol. I guess that would be the obvious solution.

[indigoraven.livejournal.com]

Honestly, rules aside... I say whatever sounds better in the context. I don't trust my spell-grammar checker worth a damn sometimes.

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

I agree. Use whatever sounds better. I stopped listening to my grammer check when it told me that "Queen" in "Queen Elizabeth" was too gender specific and that I should use a more gender nuetral term like "Ruler."

[maderr.livejournal.com]

*blink* too gender...that's one I haven't encountered before.