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Rule "more old vs. older"

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Description:	more old vs. older
Message:	The adjective '\3' uses the short comparative form.
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	She is more fierce than I. Correction suggestion: fiercer She is more old. Correction suggestion: elder, older This example is more silly than the other. Correction suggestion: sillier I was so much more happy back then. Correction suggestion: happier
Correct sentences for comparison:	The solution is more light. I am more hard headed. His use of color became more dark and muted. I was more sad than anything. Wright also lists Texas as his top team, while Ealy is more wide open. I could not be more proud. She couldn't have been any more brave. Tom is more wise than clever. I felt all the more sad to hear that. Knowing that, I am all the more happy. I was more and more sad with each passing day. The problem is some more strange. There are no more big hybrid computers in this data center. We're building more new power plants than at any other time in our history. This holds true for numbers with three or more large prime factors.
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ID:	SHORT_COMPARATIVES [2]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-29 22:33:07 +0200)

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