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2019-03-21 Thu

#3615. Ѹ2ӵ顦ǾԸˤʤ [double_comparative][comparison][shakespeare][style][prescriptive_grammar][hc][adjective][superlative]

worser, more larger, more better, most worst, most unkindest ʤɤ2ӵ (double_comparative) 2źǾ餬ѤƤȤϡѸˤǤϤ褯ΤƤ롥#195. Shakespeare ˴ؤ Web resources ([2009-11-08-1]) Ǥߤ褦ˡShakespeare ˤѤƤꡤѸ˾1ĤΥͥǤ롥
٤Ϲ⤤ΤΡºݤλ٤ȤƤϡȤϤʤ餷Kytö and Romaine (337) ˤ Helsinki Corpus Ѥ¾ŪĴˤȡ2ӵΤ1%ˤ2źǾǤ2%ˤȤɤޤȤޤ1640ǯˤϰڵʤȤ Helsinki Corpus ⤽ۤɵʥѥǤϤʤΤӳǧɬפɤϰʾ٤⤤ȤȤΤ褦
Adamson (552--53) ϡShakespeare Jonson 夲ʤ顤2ӵ顦ǾϡλǤ顤ʸṲ̄äưտŪѤतɽäΤǤϤʤȴäƤ롥

It's notable that such forms [= double comparatives and superlatives] can be found in consciously grandiloquent discourse, as with the double comparative of (16a), and that Ben Jonson explicitly claims the usage as an 'Englishe Atticisme, or eloquent Phrase of speech', perorating, as if to prove his point, on the double superlative of (16b):

(16) a) The Kings of Mede and Lyconia
        With a more larger list of sceptres (Shakespeare 1623/1606--7)

     b) an Englishe Atticisme, or eloquent Phrase of speech, imitating the manner of the most ancientest, and finest Grecians, who, for more emphasis, and vehemencies sake used [so] to speake. (Jonson 1640)


θ塤ˡ17Ⱦ18ˤƤαѸɾȤ䵬ʸˡȤǺᤵ졤ܤ򸫤뤳ȤϤʤʤä (cf. #2999. ɸѸ줫꤬äͳ ([2017-07-13-1])#3036. Lowth ζؤˡˡ ([2017-08-19-1])#3220. 󥰥ɻ˾αѸ쥢ǥߡɤ Dryden αѸ˾ɾ ([2018-02-19-1]))
Ȥϵդ줺˸ߤޤǻȤ³Ƥ lesser nearer ʤɤϡ¤Ūˤ2ӵȤ٤ΤǤ (cf. #209. near Ρ ([2009-11-22-1]))

Kytö, Merja and Suzanne Romaine. "Competing Forms of Adjective Comparison in Modern English." To Explain the Present: Studies in the Changing English Language in Honour of Matti Rissanen. Mémoires de la Société Néophilologique de Helsinki. 52. Ed. Terttu Nevalainen and Leena Kahlas-Tarkka. Helsinki: Société Néophilologique, 329--52.
Adamson, Sylvia. "Literary Language." 1476--1776. Vol. 3 of The Cambridge History of the English Language. Ed. Roger Lass. Cambridge: CUP, 1999. 539--653.

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2018-06-28 Thu

#3349. ѸˤƻӤζ޷ vs ηװ [lmode][comparison][synthesis_to_analysis][variation]

ѸϡӵǾΤ -er, -est ʤɤζޤѤ뤫more, most ʤɤαŪˡ뤫ˤĤơ츫Ƥʤ򼨤Ƥ;ȤϸѸޤ³ƤȤäƤ褤Mondorf (863) ϡǽŪʴߤиѸξϡƤʤפȤߤʤȤϤǤषĤĤȼĥ롥

The distribution of comparative variants in Late Modern English reveals an emergent functionally-motivated division of labor, with the analytic form becoming the domain of cognitively complex environments (e.g. if the adjective is accompanied by a prepositional or infinitival complement or if it is poly- rather than monomorphemic, etc.), while the synthetic form increases its range of application in easier-to-process environments . . . .


ĤޤꡤƻӤѰۤϡñˡ礫ʬϤء (synthesis_to_analysis) ȤѸˤ礭ĬήΤʤǤȤ館٤ǤϤʤǧŪʥץפޤ᤿ǽŪ¦̤դį٤ǤȤѰۤϺɽ魯ΤǤϤʤʬ ("division of labor") η̤Ǥꡤष1ĤʤΤMondorf (864) ηѤ롥

The system of comparison in Late Modern English develops a remarkably clear pattern of reorganization. Comparative alternation becomes more systematic by exploiting the options offered by the availability of morphosyntactic variants. As regards processing requirements it makes the best possible use of each variant: cognitively complex environments (such as adjectives accompanied by a complement) consistently increase their share of the analytic comparative to such an extent that the analytic form can even become obligatory. By contrast, easy-to-process environments can afford to use the synthetic comparative. What is at stake in the diachronic development of comparative alternation is an economically-motivated division of labor, in which each variant assumes the task it is best suited to. This division of labor emerges in the LModE period, around the 18th century . . . . The benefit of creating a typologically consistent, uniform synthetic or analytic language systems is outweighed by forces following functional motivations. The older synthetic form can stand its ground (or even reconquer formerly lost domains) in easy-to-process environments, while the analytic form prevails in cognitively-demanding contexts.


Ϣơ#3032. ӤȶӤζάˡ ([2017-08-15-1])#403. ή˵դäƤӵˡ ([2010-06-04-1])#2346. more, most ѤӤȯã ([2015-09-29-1]) ⻲ȡ

Mondorf, Britta. "Late Modern English: Morphology." Chapter 53 of English Historical Linguistics: An International Handbook. 2 vols. Ed. Alexander Bergs and Laurel J. Brinton. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2012. 843--69.

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2018-06-25 Mon

#3346. A is as . . . as B. ϡA B [comparison][adjective][presupposition]

(178--83) ǤϡA is as . . . as B. Ѹ춵̾ﶵƤ褦ʡA BפǤϤʤɸΤ褦ˡA Bפª٤Ƥ롥СA B Ʊ餤?פǤϤʤA B 餺?פ褤ȤȤˤʤ롥Τ褦˲ᤷۤ򤷤䤹Ȥʸȵ󤬤äƤΤǡβƧޤĤʤѤ롥

(1) Tom is as tall as Jim. ֥ȥؤι⤵ϥʤ
(2) Tom is not as tall as Jim. ֥ȥؤι⤵ϥʤϤʤʡ᥸ؤ㤤ˡ
(3) Fred was as brave as any soldier. ֥եåɤϤɤʼΤˤ餺ͦä
(4) She works as hard as any. Ϥˤ餱̿Ư
(5) John works as hard as his brother.֥Ϸ餱̿Ư
(6) She is as wise as (she is) beautiful.θϡˤʤ
(7) Her skin is (as) white as snow.ȩ򤵤ˤʤ
(8) This car can run as fast as 100 miles an hour.֤μ֤Ф륹ԡɤϡ®100ޥ򲼲ʤ
(9) As soon as she sat down, she picked up the telephone.Ϲ򲼤ݤ䡤ôä
(10) He gave us food as well as clothes.ϻ䤿Τ򤯤줿Ф꤫ʪ⤯줿
(11) John has as much money as Fred; in fact he has more.֥λϥեåɤλ򲼲ʤºݤˤϤäȻäƤ롥
(12) Not only is John as tall as Bill, he's even taller.֥ؤϥӥʤȤǤϤʤ¤Ϥ⤤Τ
(13) John is as tall as, if not taller than, Bill.֥ϥӥ⤤ȤϤ鷺Ȥ⡤ӥ㤤櫓ǤϤʤ

ΤˡA Bפ˹ͤȡä (3) (4) as . . . as any ʤΤ褦ʰ̣ˤʤΤåǤ롥ޤ(11), (12), (13) Τ褦ˡָľפΩĤȤ⡤as . . . as (presupposition) ̩ʰ̣ǤΡA BפǤϤʤȤ狼롥
as . . . as ˴Ϣ뵭Ȥơ#693. as, so, also ([2011-03-21-1]) ⻲ȡ

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2017-09-03 Sun

#3051. less + ʣ̾פϥᡩ [prescriptive_grammar][comparison][countability]

εʸˡǤϡ§Ȥơless + ʣ̾פǧʤȤȤˤʤäƤ롥less men, less things ϤФʹ뤬ѤǤꡤfewer men, fewer things ȸ٤Ǥ⤫롥
(no) less than Τ褦ʴŪʸ̮ǤϡĻ̾ʣ³ƤƤ뤳Ȥ롥Ȥ櫓֤ۤؤˤϡ٤⤤㤨СIt is less than seventy miles to London., It costs less than £50. ʤɤϡʤȤȤʲĻ̾Ūʡ˿ȤԲĻ̾Ūʡ̤Ȼפ뤬θ§ʤ⡤ˤϴѤ뤳ȤΤǤʤʸˡΥɥۥå򴶤ʤTimes 1991ǯ Indira Gandhi supported sterilisation in the belief that fewer children meant less poverty. Ȥ§äʸڤ뤬§ζˤߤȤơʤɤϤष̣ȴ롥
ƤΤ褦ʥɥۥåΤ뵬ʸˡιܤϡˤ̤äƤߤȤ⤷Ƥꡤless Ļ̾ʣȶϸűѸ줫ǧ롥Ϥꡤ18εʸˡ򲡤ơless + ʣ̾פ򤳤줬εŪˡ˿޺ĤƤȤäƴְ㤤ʤ
Fowler less ιˡŪ⤬롥ͭѤʤΤǡѤƤ

Historical note. The account given above . . . is an attempt to describe current attitudes towards the use of less and fewer. It should be borne in mind, however, that there is ample historical warrant for the type less roads, less people, etc. Such uses originate 'from the OE construction of lǽs adv. (quasi-sb.) with a partitive genitive' (OED). In OE, lǽs worda meant literally 'less of words'. When the genitive plural case vanished at the end of the OE period the type less words took its place, and this type has been employed ever since: e.g. there are few Vniuersities that haue lesse faultes than Oxford---Lyly, 1579. Hostility to the use emerged in the 18C., but 'folk memory' of the medieval type has ensured that there has been no break in the use of the type which I have branded as 'incorrect'. It is of interest to set down the way in which the problem of less and fewer is presented in CGEL, the standard descriptive grammar of current English (§5.24): . . . 'There is a tendency to use less (instead of fewer) and least (instead of fewest) also with count nouns: You've made less mistakes than last time. This usage is however often condemned. No less than is more generally accepted: No less than fifty people were killed in the accident.'


#624. ѸʸˡѲΰ ([2011-01-11-1]) ȡ#860. ѸѲѰۤΰ ([2011-09-04-1]) Ǥϡless + ʣ̾פѲ1ȤƵ󤲤ѲȤäƤ⡤嵭Τ褦˸ŤϢʤȤѤƤȤͤȡ٤ѰѲȤȤ館٤ɸʸˡΰؤȿĤĤ븽ݤȤ̣ˤѲȤߤƤ

Burchfield, Robert, ed. Fowler's Modern English Usage. Rev. 3rd ed. Oxford: OUP, 1998.

Referrer (Inside): [2022-01-18-1] [2017-09-04-1]

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2017-08-15 Tue

#3032. ӤȶӤζά [comparison][synthesis_to_analysis][lmode]

ɸˤĤơ#403. ή˵դäƤӵˡ ([2010-06-04-1])#773. PPCMBE COHA ӡ ([2011-06-09-1])#2346. more, most ѤӤȯã ([2015-09-29-1]) Ǽ夲ƤѸˤϡ -er, -est դӤ more, most ֤뱪ŪʶӤ礷Ƥˤ롥ʣˤ Kytö and Romaine Τ褯ޤȤƤΤǡѤ (196) ҤϸѸʹߤˤΤߤˤȤȤƤΤϡűѸǤ϶ӤʤäѸ˿ʶӤ饤ХȤƽиȤήǤ롥

[W]e have an interesting case of competition between the two variants. We found that the use of the newer periphrastic forms peaked during the Late Middle English period, but the older inflectional type has been regaining lost ground since the Early Modern period. In that period both types compete rather evenly. By the Modern English period, however, the inflectional forms have reasserted themselves and outnumber the periphrastic forms by roughly 4 to 1 . . . . We have established that the crucial period during which the inflectional forms increase and the periphrastic forms decrease to achieve their present-day distribution occurs during the Late Modern English period, i.e. post 1710 . . . .


ѸˤơξӷζʬˤĤƤϡֺ𤷤§ƤפȤɾϤΤΡʵҤ񤷤ޤŪˤ#403. ή˵դäƤӵˡ ([2010-06-04-1]) Ǥߤ褦ˡ礫ʬϤظѸˤΰŪʸѲĬή (synthesis_to_analysis) ȿ뤫Τ褦ưѻʤɡ椬¿
ˤ衤ߤʬۤδäǤϤ᤿Τ300ǯۤˤʤȤΤϡճȤаճǤ롥

Kytö, Merja and Suzanne Romaine. "Adjective Comparison in Nineteenth-Century English." Nineteenth-Century English: Stability and Change. Ed. Merja Kytö, Mats Rydén, and Erik Smitterberg. Cambridge: CUP, 2006. 194--214.

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2015-09-30 Wed

#2347. Ӥȯãˤե󥹸졤ƥαƶˤĤ [comparison][french][latin][contact][register]

ε#2346. more, most ѤӤȯã ([2015-09-29-1]) ǡӤȯãˡե󥹸ƥб빽¤ͿƤǽ˿줿ä˥ե󥹸ƶϤФеƤѸȥե󥹸ζӤι¤ۤʤäƤȡ줫ե󥹼Ѹ줫Ȥˤ餺ӤѤƤȤʤɤ顤ƶǧʤΩ⤢롥
Mustanoja (280) ϡե󥹸졤ƥ줫ƶβǽˤĤƿŤ˵ĤĤ⡤̣ͿƤ롥

It is not easy to assess the influence of Latin and French on the development of English comparison. It is perhaps not altogether impossible that Latin influence has played a part in this process, particularly in the earlier stages. And considering the fact that periphrastic comparison begins to gain ground in English at a time when French influence is particularly strong, it seems reasonable to assume that the influence of this language has considerably strengthened the position of more and most in the English system of comparison. Another point which seems to speak for foreign influence is that the periphrastic mode of comparison does not seem to be favoured by living popular speech. 'The comparison of adjectives is formed in the [modern English] dialects by adding the comparative suffix -er and the superlative -est to practically all adjectives, polysyllabic as well as monosyllabic. More and most are as a rule only used to supplement or intensify the regular comparison, as more beautifuller, most worst' (Elizabeth M. Wright, Rustic Speech and Folk-lore, London 1913, p. 145).


⤷ǸȤСӤζӤλȤʬϡ衤βȤ (medium) ʸ (style) ʤɤλѰ (register) ˰¸ƤȤˤʤ롥ޤλȤʬϡѸΥ󥰥ɤˤȥե󥹸졤ƥμҲŪϰ̤κбȤˤĤʤäƤ¾Ūʸ椬˾ޤ롥

Mustanoja, T. F. A Middle English Syntax. Helsinki: Société Néophilologique, 1960.

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2015-09-29 Tue

#2346. more, most ѤӤȯã [comparison][french][latin][contact][synthesis_to_analysis][french_influence_on_grammar]

ѸˤϡƻӵȺǾΤˡ̾2Ĥˡ롥 -er, -est դӤȡmore, most ֤뱪ŪʶӤǤʡֶӡפθƾΤˤĤƤϡ#456. Ӥ -er, -est ϶ޤݤ ([2010-07-27-1]) 򻲾ȡˡξʤʬۤȤʬˤˤĤƤϡ#403. ή˵դäƤӵˡ ([2010-06-04-1]) ȡ#773. PPCMBE COHA ӡ ([2011-06-09-1]) ǴϢ夲٤äΤǡϤ⤦겼
ӤϡޥħŪʼʤǤꡤѸˤƤűѸǤ롥űѸǤ϶Ӥʤä13˽ ma, mo, mara, more; mast, most ʤɤˤӤ롥εϡűѸˤ , bet, swīþor; betst, swīþost ʤɤ줬ưʬ֤줿¤ˤȤ롥
ӤȯãطʤˤϡĤװä1ĤˤϸűѸˤߤ줿 inemest (inmost), norþmest (northmost) ʤɤ -mest αƶäȻפ롥츻ŪŪˤ -mest ϡȤ˺Ǿɽ魯 m est ӤĤ2źǾθǤꡤΩ mæst ȤϴطʤΤξԤƱ˻äʴϢơ#1307. most mest ([2012-11-24-1]) ȡ#1320. LAEME Ǹ most ΰ۷֤ʬۡ ([2012-12-07-1]) ⻲ȡˡۤˡե󥹸ƥбӤαƶ⤢ä⤷ʤ (ex. plus beau, le plus beau; magis dignus, maxime dignus) Ūˤϡ礫ʬϤؤȤѸ෿ŪѲȤ⡤ӤȯŸߤ뤳ȤǤˡΧװθ٤Ǥ롥
Ӥ14ޤǤϻȯŪä15ˤʤȤˤȤʤä-ly ζӤѸǽФФ餯ϵä14ˤȤʤä
ʤӤνλѤˤƤϡѸηȤϰۤʤꡤष12û㤬¿Ȥ̣ޤless, least ˤӤϸűѸ̤ꡤmore, most ᤤȤΤ⤪⤷ʾ塤 (13) Mustanoja (278--80) 򻲾ȤƼɮ

ס ˡŪˤ븽αʸˡ١罤ۡ1990ǯ.
Mustanoja, T. F. A Middle English Syntax. Helsinki: Société Néophilologique, 1960.

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2013-12-13 Fri

#1691. than ѤȤƤ as [conjunction][comparison][preposition]

than ϷƻӵθѤΤ̾Ǥ롥 as [so] . . . as ΤΤ褦ˡas äоݤ򼨤ӵ as åȤ๽¤롥ʸˡ˾Ȥ餻иѤȤʤ뤬Ūʸڤ뤷ߤǤǸ롥OED as, adv. and conj. B. 5 ǤϡΤ褦ˤ롥

5. After the comparative degree: than. Now Eng. regional (Yorks.), Sc. regional, Irish English (north.) and U.S. regional.
   [Compare German besser als better than, classical Latin tam...quam as..as, plus quam more than.]


ʸ⡤c1300ǯν㤫顤Ѹ˻ޤ15㤬夲Ƥ롥MED as (conj.) θ 3(b) ΤȤˡ3Ĥʸ󤲤Ƥ롥Ĥ˵󤲤褦

c1300 St. Edward Elder (Laud) l. 38 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 48 (MED), Fellere þing nis non ase wumman ȝware heo wole to vuele wende.
?a1425(1373) * Lelamour Macer (Sln 5) 67b: Also this erbe haviþ mo vertues as endyue haþe.
(1460) Paston 3.241: I hadde never more neede for to have help of my goode, as I have at this tyme.
a1475(?a1430) Lydg. Pilgr.(Vit C.13) 2914: Hys lordshepe was nat mor at al, As ben thys lordys temporal.
?a1600 Marriage Wit & Wisdom (1846) iii. 27, I had rather haue your rome as your componie.
1893 H. A. Shands Some Peculiarities of Speech in Mississippi 17 Illiterate whites..say: 'This is better as that', 'I'd rather have this as that', etc.


ʤthan ѤȤƤ as ˤĤƤϡٹ (447) Τ褦˽Ҥ٤Ƥ롥

ϺˤƤϤޤѸǤϤ뤬ˤϤʤ¿Ѥ줿Τǡθνˤ⻶롥
ȤС
Darkness itself is no more opposite to light as their actions were diametrical to their words.---James Howell.
I rather like him as otherwise.---Scott.


ƥ졤ɥĸǤ⸶ξӵξȤǤƱ³Ѥ뤷ե󥹸 que ⤽Τ褦¾٤ȡषѸ줬 as than ̤ۤפΤǤϤʤȤפƤ롥ӵ as than ٤ŪˤŪǤϤäѸ줫ѸˤƤʬۤĴ٤Ƥߤͤꤽ
as than θ츻ˤĤƤϡ줾#693. as, so, also ([2011-03-21-1]) ڤӡ#1038. then than ([2012-02-29-1]) 򻲾ȡޤӤֻ to ˤĤƤϡ#1180. ޥ󥹷ӵȶӴֻ to ([2012-07-20-1]) 򻲾ȡ

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2013-11-21 Thu

#1669. longest lengest ֤ΤϤĤ [hc][corpus][adjective][comparison][i-mutation][analogy]

#1649. longer leng(er) ֤ΤϤĤ ([2013-11-01-1]) ǡŪ i-mutation ӵ leng(er) longer ִ줿Τ򥳡ѥˤäĴϡƱФꤵǾˤĤƱͤĴܤ̤𤹤롥Ū i-mutation κǾ lengest ϡѸˤΤɤʳ longest ִ줿Τ
Helsinki Corpus ǡ촴첻ΥꥨǰƬ֤Ĥġξ򸡺̤̻ŪȰʲΤ褦ˤʤ롥


LONGESTLENGEST
O100
O202
O3013
O403
M101
M200
M301
M401
E130
E240
E320


ӵ㤬äȾʤϤϤäꤷƤ롥ӵξƱͤˡE1 (1500--1570) žȤʤäƤ롥󡤤ξΤߤǷޤȤϤǤʤ㤨Сlōng (adj. (1)) 򻲾ȤСѸ15 Higden's Polychronicon ˤơ"In Armeny..Ytaly and other regiones..the longeste day other ny3hte is but oonly of xv houres equinoccialle." Ȥ longest Τʸڤ롥Ǥ⡤ӵΥ̻ŪʬۤƤȤȤϡη̤ɾǡפȤʤ
Ʊ͡Ѹ (1418--1680) 45줫ʤʥѥΥץ CEECS (The Corpus of Early English Correspondence Ǥ⸡Ƥߤ2˶ʬ줿ѥ1ʬ (1418--1638) longest 1ҥåȤΤߤäΤạ̇̄븫ФȤϤǤä

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2013-11-01 Fri

#1649. longer leng(er) ֤ΤϤĤ [hc][corpus][adjective][comparison][i-mutation][analogy]

Ѹηƻ졦 long ӵη֤ϵ§Ū longer űѸ줫ѸˤƤ lenger ȤƤ leng ˤΤ褦˸촴첻Ľ֤ѤƤޥĸӵɽ魯 *-iþo Ȥʤäľθ촴첻 i-mutation θ촴θ첻첻ؤѲθ̤ϡűѸ leng(ra) Ѹ leng(er) ˸Ƥ롥
ȤϸűѸǤѸǤ lang, long ʤɤȾ˸첻򼨤ƤΤǡ䤬 (analogy) ˤӵ⸶ -er դε§Ūʷ֤褦ˤʤäĤƤ i-mutation ȤѲθ̤ȤѲθ̤ˤǤä줿Ȥ롥
ơˤ longer ˤĤʤ֤줿ΤĺΤȤˤʤäΤǡĴ٤ƤߤOED Ǥ longer ȤƸФΩäƤʤΤǡlong ιʸõƤߤȡa1533 longer Ƥ롥MED ǤƱäΤ lōng (adj. (1)) ʸõȡa1400 (a1325) langer Ф롥ʸǯξǤϿʤ
leng(er) κǽǯĴ٤ȤĴ⤷ƤߤOED ˤȡ leng κǽ Chaucer c1386ƻ졦 lenger ϡˡȤƤ Spenser 1590ǯǽäʾ礹ȡ14--15 longer 졤16ˤŪ leng(er) ֤Ȥڽ񤭤ˤʤꤽ
˽Ҥ٤褦 longer θФΩäƤʤʾ塤OED ʸΤߤǿ֤θŤ櫓ˤϤʤΤ褦ŪˤϡŪ˥ѥͭѤǤ롥Helsinki Corpus ˤꡤäȿ줽줾ΰ۷֤򽦤夲ƤߤűѸǤ2 r ϸζ޷Ǥ뤳Ȥθޤꤳܤ仨βǽˤⵤĤǤϤʤ⤷ʤȤǤĤġʲ˿򼨤


LONGERLENG(ER)
O101
O2014
O3045
O407
M1014
M2021
M31126
M4325
E1116
E2190
E3460


M3 (1350--1420) longer 졤E1 (1500--1570) Ǹ lenger ѤäȤ狼롥1500ǯ򶭤˿֤Ω줬Ū®ؤä褦˸뤬Helsinki Corpus ⾮ϤʥѥȤ虜ʤΤǡޤǶŪʷȤȤ館Ƥɬפ롥ΤȤƤη̤ OED ξڵ򤬼ȤȤ褽ƱǤꡤ˼˥ѥߤ䴰äƷ򶯤ƤȤäƤ褤
ˡ긵ˤäѸ (1418--1680) 45줫ʤʥѥΥץ CEECS (The Corpus of Early English Correspondence ǤƱͤθܤ246ޤ1ʬ (1418--1638) 204ޤ2ʬ (1580--1680) ̤Ĵ٤Ȥʲ̤ȤʤꡤϤꤪ褽16ȾˤϸŤ lenger Ѥ줿Ȥ


LONGERLENG(ER)
CEECS1316
CEECS2370

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2012-12-07 Fri

#1320. LAEME Ǹ most ΰ۷֤ʬ [vowel][superlative][map][laeme][me_dialect][comparison]

[2012-11-24-1]ε#1307. most mestפǼ夲ѸκǾ most ΰ۷֤ˤĤơѸˤ첻̤ʬۤ LAEME ѤĴϿ޾˰֤ŤƥȤФ most ΰ۷֤249㤢ꡤ촴첻˽äʬ̤Τ HelMapperUK ήɤ߹ޤǡեޡ礭٤㤹롥

Variants of

<mast> ʤ <a> 򼨤ΤϼȤʬۤ<mest>, <meast>, ʤ첻򼨤Τʬۤ롥ͥȤʤ <most> ʤɸ첻򼨤ΤϡλˤϤޤ East Anglia ˸ΤߤǤ롥

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2012-11-24 Sat

#1307. most mest [analogy][superlative][vowel][me_dialect][corpus][hc][ppcme2][comparison]

ѸˤϡǾ most mest Ȥ첻ȼäƸ뤳ȤʤʤѸʹߡԤѤƤäξεʬϤɤˤΤ
most Proto-Germanic *maistaz ̤뤳ȤǤޥǤ Du. meest, G meist, ON mestr, Goth. maists ʤɤʸڤ롥§˽СűѸ māst ȤʤϤǤꡤºݤˤη֤ Northumbrian dzǧΤΡǤϳǧʤǤϡ첻ȼ West-Saxon mǣst Kentish mēst Ѥ줿OED ˤС첻ϡlǣst "least" ȤȤ롥첻ηȤ mest(e) Ȥ֤ѸؤѾ졤Ǥ15ޤǻȤ줿
˵ķ֤ϡѸǤϸ첻ηȯãȤ most(e) Ȥ֤¿Ѥ줿Ǥ̲ȤλΰŪʿ˲äӵ mo, more 첻ȤäΤǤϤʤ롥
ŪˡѸʹߤˤϥޥĸ줫ε§Ūȯã most ɸŪȤʤäƤ椭űѸ줫ѸˤѤ줿 mest ɸफϼƤäְΡפ̣Ѹ formest (cf. ӵ former) 15 foremost ȤƺʬϤ줿طʤˤϡҤ most ˤ mest ִͿƤ뤫⤷ʤäȤ⡤űѸꡤǾ -est Τ -ost Ȥ褯Ʊ줿ΤǤꡤǾ˴ؤˤơξ첻θؤϾˤȤʤΤ⤷ʤ
ʤPPCME2 Ǥäȸ첻 (ex. most) 첻 (ex. mest) ʬۤĴ٤ƤߤȡԤ354㡤Ԥ168ҥåȤHelsinki Corpus ǤñĴѸǤ⸽ɸѸƱͤ most ήäȤϴְ㤤ʤ褦

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2012-07-20 Fri

#1180. ޥ󥹷ӵȶӴֻ to [preposition][comparison][loan_word]

к۰꡼Сɤμεạ꤬̇̄夲Ƥprefer ȤưˤӤδɽ魯ֻȤ than ʤ to Ѥ롥Ʊͤˡsimilar, equal, preferable, superior, inferior, senior, junior, prior, anterior, posterior, interior, exterior, ulterior ʤɤΥޥ󥹷Ϥηƻˤ⡤ӴֻȤ to Ѥ롥ä -ior ĸϰ̣ŪˤŪˤӵˤ⤫餺than ǤϤʤ to ȼ롥ˤϲ餫ͳΤŪ줦Τ
ޤͤΤϡsuperior, senior, prior Υޥ󥹷ϤθϡΤ˸츻ŪӵäƤȤϤŪˤϤΤ褦ʬϤƤ餺ޤǸòΤȤƤȤ館Ƥ롥θϡ -er ղä more ֤ˤŪ˷ӵɽȤϰۤʤΤȤ mental lexicon ˳ǼƤΤǤϤʤthan ȹ¤ʤΤϸԤӵɽǤꡤԤȤϷӤĤʤ§ȯãƤȤȤ⤷ʤԤϡषֻ to ΡסбסְספȤäˡαĹˤӡפˡȷӤĤƤ褦˻פʸѸ A is to B what C is to D, in proportion to, comparable to, according to, equal to ʤɤɽ򻲾ȡˡ
äơޤ OED Ĵ٤Ƥߤto θ A. VI. 21b ȤơѤǤϤ뤬ӵȤȤѤˡäȵҤƤ롥ޤǡޤФǤϤ뤬 than ѤȤƤ㤬󤬤롥
ˡMED to (prep.) Ĵ٤23ˡӵˤ than ɽȤ to ѤƤ㤬3Ĥۤɵ󤲤Ƥ롥ä˼Ѹηƻ졦˸ꤵƤ櫓ǤϤʤthan ΥޥʡꥢȤȹͤ롥Ѹ줫
Ѹξ⤦ܤĴ٤褦ȡMustanoja (411--12) ȡΤ褦ˤ롥

Closely connected with this use ['in respect to'] is the occurrence of to in the sense 'equal or comparable to:' --- was þere non to his prowesse (KAlis. 6538). This provides a basis for the use of to with the comparative degree, in the sense 'than:' --- nys none of wymman beter ibore To seint Johan þe baptyste (Shoreham i 590); --- another Decius, yonger to hym (MS Harl. 2261, fol. 225). Cf. present-day inferior to, superior to.


ӵȤȤѤ to ˤĤƤδϢڤ Mustanoja (284) ˤ⤢뤬OED, MED εҤȹ碌ơʤȤѸʹߤ˴ؤƤϡۤΩäˡǤϤʤä褦ŪӵȤȤѤƤֻʤ뤤³ˤϡ§Ȥơthan äȤäƤ褤than θ츻ˤĤƤϡ[2012-02-29-1]ε#1038. then thanפ򻲾ȡˡߤǤ than ϡ§Ȥơˡӵɽ˸ꤵƤꡤ칽¤ιǤȤƤ䤬礭Τ褦ʿ͵ than ˤȤäơsuperior, senior, prior ϡʸ츻ŪˤƱӵפȤϤ˾ۼʤΤǤϤʤäȤ⡤ϤۤñǤϤʤinferiour . . . than ʤɤŪ˳ǧΤǤϤ뤬OED "than, conj." 2.b 򻲾ȡˡ
than ӰʳˡˤĤƤϡ[2011-05-04-1]ε#737. ʸ contaminationפ (2), (6) ⻲ȡ

Mustanoja, T. F. A Middle English Syntax. Helsinki: Société Néophilologique, 1960.

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2012-07-02 Mon

#1162. ⤦1Ĥӵ -ther [comparison][suffix][etymology][indo-european][rhotacism][double_comparative][comparison]

Fortson (121--22) ˤСĸˤϷƻӵ򼨤ܼˤ2ढä*-iōs *-tero- Ǥ롥ԤλҲϡޥĸͭ *z (*-izon-) Ȥʤꡤ rhotacism ˤűѸ졤ť졤Źϥɥĸ졤ťΥɸǤ r ȯŸűѸǤñʤܼ -ra Ǥ롥줬Ѹ -er ؤȯŸƤƥηƻӵ -ior 䥮ꥷб -iōn ƱǤ롥
ĸ *-tero- Τۤϡ衤ӵܼǤϤʤä2ĤФʤΤΤ¾ȶ̤뤿ܼǤꡤthe one . . . the other . . . ްդ㤨СѸ dexterous, sinister μѸǤƥ dexter ֱ, sinister ֺפˤ줾ޤޤ -ter δްդ򼨤ŵŪ촴ΰ̣Ϥ줾Ϥäꤷʤdexter- ϰˤС֤ɤפȲǤȤ[2010-03-22-1]ε#329. αȺפ򻲾ȡˡ*-tero- ϡѸǤϥˡ§Ф -therother, either, neither, whether ʤɤ򸫤С2ĤΤΤΰפȤ褯ȿǤƤΤʬˡϡѸǤӵ (absolute comparative) Ȥǧ (ex. the upper class, a higher class hotel, the younger generation)
*-tero- ͳ褹ܼϡǡ̤ӵɽ魯ܼؤȯŸѸ after of "away from" ӵǤꡤnether ϲΡˤϡ֤㤤פۤɤ̣ (cf. the Netherlands) ꥷͳ褹 presbyter ĹϷʺסˤϡ"one who comes earlier" ۤɤθǤpriest ϸƥ줫űѸäû̷ˡƥ dēteriōrātus Ѥ deteriorate ϡ "down" ӵܼ -ter ղäˤ̤ӵܼ -ior ղäӵ (double comparative) ͳ褹롥
farther further ˤĤƤϡ[2012-05-08-1]ε#1107. farther and furtherפǡfar forth ӵηŪʺƱȤͿ츻Ūˤ far + -ther Ȥ򤵤롥2Ĥɬ̷⤹櫓ǤϤʤth forth ˤ -ther ˤޤޤƤȤŦƤȤפ

Fortson IV, Benjamin W. Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2004.

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2012-07-02 Mon

#1162. ⤦1Ĥӵ -ther [comparison][suffix][etymology][indo-european][rhotacism][double_comparative][comparison]

Fortson (121--22) ˤСĸˤϷƻӵ򼨤ܼˤ2ढä*-iōs *-tero- Ǥ롥ԤλҲϡޥĸͭ *z (*-izon-) Ȥʤꡤ rhotacism ˤűѸ졤ť졤Źϥɥĸ졤ťΥɸǤ r ȯŸűѸǤñʤܼ -ra Ǥ롥줬Ѹ -er ؤȯŸƤƥηƻӵ -ior 䥮ꥷб -iōn ƱǤ롥
ĸ *-tero- Τۤϡ衤ӵܼǤϤʤä2ĤФʤΤΤ¾ȶ̤뤿ܼǤꡤthe one . . . the other . . . ްդ㤨СѸ dexterous, sinister μѸǤƥ dexter ֱ, sinister ֺפˤ줾ޤޤ -ter δްդ򼨤ŵŪ촴ΰ̣Ϥ줾Ϥäꤷʤdexter- ϰˤС֤ɤפȲǤȤ[2010-03-22-1]ε#329. αȺפ򻲾ȡˡ*-tero- ϡѸǤϥˡ§Ф -therother, either, neither, whether ʤɤ򸫤С2ĤΤΤΰפȤ褯ȿǤƤΤʬˡϡѸǤӵ (absolute comparative) Ȥǧ (ex. the upper class, a higher class hotel, the younger generation)
*-tero- ͳ褹ܼϡǡ̤ӵɽ魯ܼؤȯŸѸ after of "away from" ӵǤꡤnether ϲΡˤϡ֤㤤פۤɤ̣ (cf. the Netherlands) ꥷͳ褹 presbyter ĹϷʺסˤϡ"one who comes earlier" ۤɤθǤpriest ϸƥ줫űѸäû̷ˡƥ dēteriōrātus Ѥ deteriorate ϡ "down" ӵܼ -ter ղäˤ̤ӵܼ -ior ղäӵ (double comparative) ͳ褹롥
farther further ˤĤƤϡ[2012-05-08-1]ε#1107. farther and furtherפǡfar forth ӵηŪʺƱȤͿ츻Ūˤ far + -ther Ȥ򤵤롥2Ĥɬ̷⤹櫓ǤϤʤth forth ˤ -ther ˤޤޤƤȤŦƤȤפ

Fortson IV, Benjamin W. Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2004.

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2012-05-08 Tue

#1107. farther and further [comparison][superlative][etymology][i-mutation][suppletion]

ʸˡˤС졦ƻ far ӵʤӺǾˤˤɸΤȤ2बꡤˡζ̤⤫롥Usage and Abusage ꡤζ̤ߤƤߤ褦

farther, farthest; further, furthest. 'Thus far and no farther' is a quotation-become-formula; it is invariable. A rough distinction is this: farther, farthest, are applied to distance and nothing else; further, furthest, either to distance or to addition ('a further question').


ʸˡǤϤʤʸˡǤСä BrE Ǥ farther, farthest Ѥ뷹ˤꡤˡζ̤⼺ƤƤȤ
ˡζ̤ȤʤäƤΤ֤ζ̤⤽ʤ2Ĥΰۤʤ֤Τfar ӵ顤Ǿη֤ˤĤƤϡ2Ĥ꤬롥1Ĥϡʤˤϴޤޤʤ th ƤΤ⤦1Ĥϡʤ1첻ʻˤΰ۷Ȥ u 줿Τ
far θűѸη֤ feor(r) ä˸츻̤С#68. first ϲκǾ餫 ([2009-07-05-1]) ӡ#695. 캬 fer ([2011-03-23-1]) Ǹ褦ˡ캬 *per ˤɤĤűѸǤӵ顤Ǿϥ饦 (i-mutation) 첻򼨤 fierr, fi(e)rrest ä12ʸˤѤ줿äơ첻ȿǤ ferrer, farrer ޤ ferrest, farrest Ϥơ17ޤѤ줿
ơűѸˤϡŪʸ츻Ʊ *per ̤뤬ΩȯãƤ forþ "forth" Ȥ줬äӵ餬 furþor Ȥ֤ä"far" ӵȤƤ fierr "forth" ӵȤƤ furþor ϡ̣ξǤϡ֤ʤΡˡ˱󤯡ʤΡˡפƤΤǡŪ˺Ʊơ"far" η츻Ū th 졤"forth" η츻Ū첻 e ѸǤ ferther ʤɤη֤Ԥʤ줿Ѹ17ʸϡ첻ѲФ farther η֤ɸಽ줿ʿԤơƱθǤ츻ŪȤäƤ褤 further ¸³ơfarther further Ȥ far ӵȲᤵĤĤäƤΤǤ롥Ǿη֤⡤Ʊͤ롥
ʸ塤ξԤΩ٤ƤΤϵʸˡ˴Ťˡζ̤Ǥȿ¬뤬ˡζ̤켫Τˤ٤ŪʺΤ뤳ȤҤθˤ狼롥첻ܤСfarther far ӵǤꡤfurther forth ӵǤ뤫顤ԤʪŪΥΰ̣ˡԤŪʽ֤ʤɤΰ̣бΤ򤷤䤹

Partridge, Eric. Usage and Abusage. 3rd ed. Rev. Janet Whitcut. London: Penguin Books, 1999.

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2012-02-29 Wed

#1038. then than [etymology][conjunction][preposition][determiner][comparison]

then Ӥ³졦ֻ than 츻ŪƱǤ뤳ȤϡޤΤƤʤߤΤ褦˷־ζ̤ΤˤʤäΤϡճȿ1700ǯǤ롥
ξεȤƤϡޥĸλؼ̾촴 *þa- åʷꤵƤ롥Ȥȡthat the ȤƱΰۤʤ޷ˤʤȤˤʤ롥åʷ "from that; after that" ۤɤ̣λؼ̾ŪˡȯŸ³Ūˡȹͤ롥ĤޤꡤJohn is more skilful; then (=after that) his brother John is more skilful than his brother. ǡǤ롥Ӥ³ȤƤˡϡťեꥸ졤ť졤ŹϥɥĸǤǧƤꡤŪ᤯ޥĸʳȯãƤ褦
OED ˤȡ̤⤢롥űѸλ³ þonne "when" ͳ褹ȤǡWhen his brother is skilful, John is more (so). Ȥ칽¤äˤʤäƤȤΤǤ롥ƥ then ɽ魯 quam ˡٻƤ롥
ߤǤ⡤then than ϼ夤ȯǤ϶̤ʤʤΤǡֻκƱ䤨ʤ (Common Errors in English Usage HP 򻲾)

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2012-01-10 Tue

#988. Don't drink more pints of beer than you can help. (2) [negative][comparison][idiom][syntax][prescriptive_grammar][double_negative]

ε ([2012-01-09-1]) Ǽ夲ʸˤĤơ³
ŪˤϸäƤƱʸѸǵƤƤطʤȤơϡỤ̄Ūװ󤲤ιʸ⤦1ĤνפװȤơϾװΤǤϤʤȤٹ (148--49) εҲ𤷤ϡ¿ (multiple negation; [2010-10-28-1]) 򰭤Ȥ뵬ʸˡѤǤ롥
18˲ϤǤߤˤޤǶƶϤڤܤ³Ƥ뵬ϱʸˡνܤΤʤǤ⡤¿ζػߤȤܤϡȤ褯ΤƤ롥ŵŪˤ2꤬褯Ȥʤꡤ1٤­Ȥ2Ĥ꼭ޤƤޤȤʸǤ (ex. I didn't say nothing.) ¿ػߤ뵬ʸˡϤä̡ѸǤ꼭1ĤǽʬȤֿġפ줿2Ĥ꼭ۤʤ˸ʤɡߤ˰̣ŪϢƤʤˤϡǤä礦Ȥʤ줾줬Ωΰ̣˹׸ƤϤʤΤΤ褦ʾǤֿġפ꼭1Ĥθ§פ롥ˡ*Don't drink more pints of beer than you cannot help. 򤵤줿ΤǤϤʤٹ (148) ϡ֤Ǥä٤ѤʤȤΤȤޤ˲٤Ϥä̡ˤäƤϤҤʤƤϤʤʤǤäʤʤäơԹʸ˻äפȽҤ٤Ƥ롥
ŪˤߤСcannot help doing Υǥ϶äƤΤΤǡOED "help", v. 11. b. ˤСư̾򽾤1711ǯǽΤΤǤ롥̣Ȥˡ11. c. ǤϡιʸΤ褦˼夲Ƥ롥

c. Idiomatically with negative omitted (can for cannot), after a negative expressed or implied.

1862 WHATELY in Gd. Words Aug. 496 In colloquial language it is common to hear persons say, 'I won't do so-and-so more than I can help', meaning, more than I can not help. 1864 J. H. NEWMAN Apol. 25 Your name shall occur again as little as I can help, in the course of these pages. 1879 SPURGEON Serm. XXV. 250, I did not trouble myself more than I could help. 1885 EDNA LYALL In Golden Days III. xv. 316, I do not believe we shall be at the court more than can be helped.


OED ϡƱʸŪ񤢤Ȥʤ⡤19ȾаʹߡѤȤʤäƤȤ򼨺Ƥ롥ʸˡڤΥߥ󥰤ȤδϢạ̇̄Ĺ
嵬ϱʸˡϤФйɸ֤ʤ⡤Τ褦Թʲ򤿤ޤˤΤΤ⤷̣ŪŪʴΤ⤪⤷ϤŪŪʴΤۤˡ϶̣򤽤롥
ʸˡˤ¿ΰˤĤƤϡ[2009-08-29-1]ε#124. Ѹʸˡεפ[2010-02-22-1]ε#301. ѤȤѸθˡ Top 10פ򻲾ȡ

ٹ ﵭرʸˡ3ǡʸƲ1926ǯ

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2012-01-09 Mon

#987. Don't drink more pints of beer than you can help. (1) [negative][comparison][idiom][syntax][corpus][bnc]

cannot help doing ϡ?뤳Ȥ򤱤ʤפ򸶵Ȥ?ˤϤʤ?Τϻʤפ̣봷ɽǤ롥cannot but do ȤƤƱܿͤˤŪȤ䤹ɽɸΤ褦Ӥʸˤ than ΤʤǸƱʸˤդɬפǤ롥
󤲤ƤBNCWeb ˤ "(more (_AJ0 | _AV0)? | _AJC) * than * (can|could) (_XX0)? help" ǸȡϢ㤬8ҥåȤۤƱɽϺơ6򼨤

. . . the Commander struck out for the shore in a strong breaststroke that did not disturb the phosphorescence more than he could help . . . .
I'm not putting money in the pocket of the bloody Hamiltons more than I can help.
"Don't be more stupid than you can help, Greg!"
Resolutely, and determined to think no more than she could help about it . . . .
And I won't spend more than I can help.
"We'll do our best; we won't get in your way more than we can help."


ơιʸϡտޤƤ̣äƤˤ롥㤨СɤƤӡ3դϰޤˤʤͤФƤ̿ʸȯȡ3դޤǤϵ4դϰʡפȤݤȤʤʤǤä狼䤹뤿տϼȤˡʤȤ⡤줬ȯüԤΰտޤǤȹͤ롥Ū˹ͤȡyou can help ȹǤ뤫顤̤ϡȤޤˤ館뤮꤮̡4դؤϤ¿ϰʤȤȤ顤4դޤǤϵ5դϰʡפȤʤäƤޤĤޤꡤȯüԤΰտޤΰ̣ȤäƤޤޤŪˤΤǤС*Don't drink more pints of beer than you cannot help. ȤʤϤμιʸ BNCWeb Ǥʸڤʤ
Ǹо嵭Τ褦ˤʤ뤬Ԥΰտޤʸȯ뵡ϤۤȤɤʤ졤Ū˺뤳ȤϤʤޤ[2011-12-03-1]ε#950. Be it never so humble, there's no place like home. (3)פǸ褦ˡǤǤ̣ѤʤȤˤ狼ˤϿʤ褦칽¤Τ¸ߤ롥Ȥȡɸ칽¤ƤỤ̄Ū;ϤϤȤȤˤʤ롥
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2011-12-10 Sat

#957. many more people [adverb][comparison][numeral]

ѸǡĻ̾ο֤¿׾ǡӴȤκʬ礭Ȥˤϡmany more people ʤɤȡӵζĴ much ǤϤʤ many ѤΤ§Ǥ롥 many ϡmore 򽤾ƤΤǵǽȤƤŪǤꡤ people ľܴطƤ櫓ǤϤʤ̣ϴϢƤ뤿 much ǤŬڤȤΰռƯΤϤǤ⤢롥

Many more questions were buzzing around in my head.
Many have already died, and in the nature of things many more will die.
They provided a far better news service and pulled in many more viewers.
How many more can she possibly make?
Thousands were saved yesterday, but many more remained trapped.


many ȤƤˡ򤷤ƤС¿ΤʤΤ𤹤褦 many fewer ʤɽˤäʤ

The squid has many fewer tentacles than the nautilus --- only ten --- and the octopus, as its name makes obvious, has only eight.
How many fewer places are there today than there were two years ago?
Making love burns up more calories than playing golf and not that many fewer than throwing a frisbee.


Ǥϡ many ʻϲŪˤŪʤΤǡإ˥缭ŵ٤ǤľȤưäƤ롥ӵ򶯤 much far Ʊ˹ͤƤ⡤ȤƤʻͿǼ뤫⤷ʤ
many ˤ¿ɽ魯ȤƤˡꡤŪˡȲ᤹뤳ȤǤ롥one more people, two more people, a few more people, some more people, several more people ʤɤɽ򻲾ȤСmany more people ϤαĹ˰֤ŤΤmore κʬɽ魯Τˡ줬֤Ƥ빽ʸȤȤ館ΤˤʤäƤ롥
OED "more" 4.a. ˡϢ뵭Ҥä

4. a. Additional to the quantity or number specified or implied; an additional amount or number of; further. Now rare exc. as preceded by an indefinite or numeral adj., e.g. any more, no more, some more; many more, two more, twenty more; and in archaic phrases like without more ado.
This use appears to have been developed from the advb. use as in anything, nothing more (see C. 4b).


ӤȴϢʸ̮̾줬٤ɽ魯ΤѤȤƤϡ[2011-07-12-1]εwhat with A and what with Bפǿ줿 something like this much the same ʤɤϢƤ뤫⤷ʤ
ʤŪ˸ȡmany more ɽϾʤȤѸˤϤǤ˹ԤʤƤȤMED "mō (adj.)" ˵󤲤Ƥʸǧ롥

By bethleem be many mo placys of goode pasture..þan in oþer placys.
Thai bith mony mo than we haue shewid yet.

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