Talk:more and more
Latest comment: 6 years ago by DCDuring in topic Part of speech?
Part of speech?
[edit]This is entered as an adverb, but less and less is entered as a determiner. Equinox ◑ 20:29, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
- I think both are both. Similarly, fewer and fewer.
- I suppose that we can justify treating the determiner/adverb cases as special and entryworthy, but many adjectives and adverbs can be reduplicated yielding the notion of "increasingly":
- Highway travel has gotten [safer and safer]/[less and less dangerous].
- Paler and paler colors became fashionable.
- They closed up shop earlier and earlier.
- DCDuring (talk) 03:08, 14 May 2018 (UTC)