Apr 18, 2019 · You can say "more smooth", or "smoother". Both are fine and mean exactly the same thing. But beware of trying to combine them, and saying "more smoother"! Many will say …

Aug 14, 2019 · Smooth is an adjective. Smoothly is the adverbial form. This should tell you that sailing is a noun, not a verb. Typically, we would not say, "I am smooth sailing." We might say, …

A lake like this is never smoother than at such a time; and the clear portion of the air above it being, shallow and darkened by clouds, the water, full of light and reflections, becomes a lower …

Sep 1, 2024 · As looks adverbial to me, by introducing how "specified" and modifying the way the implementation should be (the verb). The sentence could be smoother.

Aug 7, 2020 · (2) might be natural in some form of British English, but it sounds awkward for the US. I think a smoother way to write this would be "Britain is not enjoying the prosperity that it …

Mar 3, 2017 · Today I saw a piece of code containing the following comment line - "failed after receiving the confirmation". I'm not a native speaker, but the article here seems to be …

Just a reality check: I must say that car mechanics I come across are mostly rogues. and I must tell that car mechanics I come across are mostly rogues. Would the second sentence sound …

Jul 18, 2015 · The second example is not the same, since it states what she became. In the first phrase it is second hand information; we really don't how she is now. Also I would stay with …

Joining sentences from different times in this way is somewhat awkward. Changing tense is smoother if you subordinate the second clause to the first: For instance, if a causal relationship …

(1) You cook well. (2) You cook good. When an adverb follows after a verb as in (1), it sounds, I guess, smoother than (2). Yet (2) would not be not proper for there are predicative adjuncts in E...