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Oct 2, 2017 · Senior Member. USA / EEUU. English - US. Oct 2, 2017. #3. Both are completely correct, but there may be a tendency to use "a lot bigger" when a positive answer is expected, and "much bigger" when a negative answer is expected. Is it a lot bigger?
Dec 2, 2023 · Greater, higher,and largerare common choices to describe proportions and amounts; bigger does not sound idiomatic - I'm not sure why. proportion of. Reactions:Carolinianand trapholeptt43. The Newt. Senior Member. USA / EEUU. English - US. Dec 2, 2023. #3.
Jul 5, 2017 · British English (Sussex) Jul 5, 2017. #5. I could use either "growing" or "getting" bigger for your tomato example. I slightly prefer "getting bigger" both for the plant itself and for the individual tomatoes. This is probably just my personal preference, but we do use the verb "get" a lot in spoken English.
Jun 23, 2020 · Brazilian Portuguese. Jun 23, 2020. #1. Hello everyone, I'm looking for a natural phrase to tell the news that a woman is pregnant (is going to have a baby) in an indirect way. I came up with " The family is getting bigger ". My question: Does " The family is getting bigger " sound natural/correct in the example that I created below?
May 7, 2009 · English - United States. May 7, 2009. #2. 2 is higher or greater than 1. 2 kg is heavier than 1 kg - but this is only with weight. It depends which unit of measure you use. 'Higher' or 'greater' are also acceptable, just used less often. 'Bigger' and 'larger' generally refer to size, though there are always exceptions. I hope I helped!
May 6, 2011 · Annandale, Virginia, USA. American English. May 6, 2011. #5. "Far more big" would be grammatical, although not much used. One-syllable adjectives and some two-syllable adjectives can add "-er" to make a comparative. Your grammar book should have rules or lists of "-er" comparatives. We would not say in English, "far extensiver," but "far more ...
Aug 22, 2007 · France. French - France. Mar 31, 2008. #6. I usually say "avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre" to mean that you think you are going to eat a lot, or you ask for a lot etc. and then you can't eat it. There's an interesting phrase in English: "you bite off more than you can chew", that means you undertake something too difficult for you, doesn ...
Jan 17, 2020 · London. English - England. Jan 17, 2020. #2. Chance is countable in that use, so it needs a modifier: They have a better/greater chance of winning if they’re playing at home. . Bigger doesn’t really work in this context. J.
Jul 8, 2011 · Jul 8, 2011. #3. Hi. At first I agreed with Jessicagregori, but now I don't think so because neither 'higher' nor 'bigger' correlate well in reverse with "benefits." For example, while it would make sense to say that 'the benefits are not as great,' it wouldn't sound natural to say that 'the benefits are not as high' or 'as big as the costs.'. J.
Oct 20, 2006 · United States - English. Oct 20, 2006. #3. Buenas tardes, athina. Tu traducción me parece muy bien. They don't come any bigger than the Big Apple. No hay nada más grande que la Gran Manzana. Como decimos en mi tierra, you're right on the money.
