Short online courses with certificate : It is January and for most countries of the world it is farewell to year. New Year is celebrated all over the world and is often a time when Short online courses with certificate friends and family members gather for parties and festivals. So what was the origin of that holiday and how did it become a wildly celebrated day? Let’s go back in time and find out while we shed light on some basic words that will help you learn the English language.
Short online courses with certificate It began roughly 400 years ago in ancient Babylon. The Babylonians were welcoming their first new moon, which was actually at the end of March. The day had an equal portion of daylight and nightlight, which was what marked the new year. Even in those days, the New Year was widely celebrated with festivals, rituals and sacrifice (I am happy with the celebration but I am glad that we did not stick to the traditions of sacrifice).
As time passed, Short online courses with certificate the Romans followed the solar calendar. In the year 46 BC. The Roman commander Julius Caesar asked for help from the most prominent astronomers and mathematicians and from this, he began the Julian calendar. The Julian calendar is similar to the one used by most countries today. Caesar called January 1 the first day of the year to venerate the Greek god Jonas. Jonas was the god of beginnings and had two heads, one to look at the past and the other to look to the future.
Today we celebrate the beginning of the new year on the 31st of December at midnight. And since I’m from the USA, the most important New Year tradition is the giant ball’s fall in Time Square, in New York City. I’m always surrounded by my friends and family and counting from 0 to 10! What is your new year tradition?
Festivals = Festivals
Roman Calender = Roman Calendar
Gregorian Calender = Gregorian calendar
New Year = New Year
✅ Short online courses with certificate In this year I wish you health, happiness and motivation to continue your studies of the English language. 🙂
English grammar help: clearer or more clear?
Short online courses with certificate Anyone who learns English will tell you that it is not the most direct smack in the world. There are a lot of rules for you to learn, but the English language often breaks them. Another area that confuses English language learners is: Comparative Formula / Superior Preference Formula. But don’t worry, we’re here to make things clearer (explained). Or should that be more clear? Our guide will help you find out.
Short online courses with certificate Let’s start by looking at comparison formulas and superlatives.
- The adjectives compare two things:
- I am happier now
- I am happier now.
- I need a bigger suitcase
- I need a bigger bag.
- My sandwich is tastier than yours
- My sandwich is tastier than yours.
- Now, the basic rules for creating comparison formulas are:
- Adjectives with the vowel syllable take ‘-er’ to form comparative forms.
- Clear> clearer
- Clear> explained
- Fit> fitter
- Suitable> more appropriate
- Tall> taller
- Long> longer
- Bright> brighter
- Shining> brighter
- And take ‘-est’ to form superlatives.
- Clear> clearer> clearest
- Clear> clearest> clearest
- Fit> fitter> fittest
- Suitable> most appropriate> most appropriate
- Tall> taller> tallest
- Long> Longest> Longest
- Bright> brighter> brightest
- Shining> brighter> brighter
🤓 Short online courses with certificate Two-syllable adjectives ending with a consonant + y take ‘-ier’ to form comparative forms. 🤑
- Happy> happier
- Happy> happier
- Pretty> prettier
- Beautiful> most beautiful
- Hairy> hairier
- I feel more hairy
- Lovely> lovelier
- Grainy> more loving
- And it takes ‘-iest’ to form superlatives.
- Happy> happier> happiest
- Happy> happiest> happiest
- Pretty> prettier> prettiest
- Beautiful> the most beautiful> the most beautiful
- Hairy> hairier> hairiest
- I feel> hairy> hair
- Lovely> lovelier> loveliest
- Lovable> more loving> loved
- Adjectives consisting of three syllables take ‘more’ to form comparative forms.
- Incredible> more incredible – not incredibler
- Amazing> Most Amazing> Most Amazing
- Horrible> more horrible – not horrible
- Terrifying> More Scary> Most Scary
- Terrifying> more terrifying – not terrifyinger
- Scary> scarier> scary
🔥 Short online courses with certificate So, clearer or more clear? 💥
The basic rules say that clear is an adjective from one syllable and there is no need to use ‘more’. But the reality is that in everyday use, the two formulas are perfectly acceptable, and most of the time you will hear and see that both are used. Search Google and you will find millions of uses for both.
In fact, it depends on what you personally prefer to choose, and different scenarios may warrant a preference for one over the other. Note that Clearer is more likely to be used in slang conversations:
“Thanks, you’ve helped make it clearer for me”
“Thanks, you helped me make it clearer for me.”
While more clear may be used more formally:
“Thank you, you have helped to make it more clear for me”
“Thank you, you helped me make it clearer to me.”
But clear is a special case. In most examples the rule of thumb applies which states that the one-syllable adjective takes ‘-er’ Short online courses with certificate while longer adjectives require the addition of ‘more’.
✨ Short online courses with certificate Rules Caution! More clearer ⌚
You have to remember that either you use ‘-er’ or ‘more’ but do not use both. Do not say:
More clearer – clearer is known to mean ‘more clear’, so this would be like saying ‘more more clear’, which is wrong.
More clearest – clearest is known to mean Short online courses with certificate ‘most clear’, so you cannot get a clearer level than that, and therefore you cannot use ‘more most clear’. Well, have we explained everything to you? we hope that. Short online courses with certificate What comparison formulas have bothered you in the past? Do you have questions that we can answer you? Let us know through the coments.