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Everyday

1. More means a bigger number or amount: more apples, more water. tree →
2. More means extra, in addition: three more. tree →
3. «More than» compares: 8 is more than 5 (8 > 5). tree →
4. More makes longer adjectives compare: more beautiful. tree →
5. Most means the biggest number or amount of all. tree →
6. «More or less» means about; «once more» means one more time; «no more» means none left or not any longer. tree →
7. (casual) «Any more?», «more pls», «moar» (joking spelling online) ask for extra; «what's more» adds a point. tree →
8. (formal) The exam voice says «additional», «further», «a further 4», «in excess of», «exceeding», «surplus», «by how many does … exceed …». tree →

In the lessons

extra things coming («gets N more», «found N more» = add); or in «how many more … than» a comparison (= subtract); the sign > means «more than»; in everyday life «once more», «no more», «more or less» (about), «any more»; in casual talk «got any more?», «more pls»; in the exam voice «a further 4», «additional», «by how many does A exceed B» (= the difference)

Examples

• Zoe gets 8 more cards. tree →
• How many more books does Tom have than Ben? tree →
• Ann has 3 apples. She picks 4 more. tree →
• Can I have some more pasta? tree →
• 10 is more than 7. tree →
• Read it once more, please. tree →
• This puzzle is more difficult than the last one. tree →
• Who has the most stickers? tree →
• There is no more milk. tree →
• can i have 2 more?? pleeease tree →
• You've got 3 more than me, that's not fair! tree →
• By how many does the quantity held by Tom exceed that held by Ben, given that Tom holds 12 and Ben holds 7? tree →
• He mustn't have that any more!" tree →

Note

«gets/found N more», «a further N» or «N additional» means adding. Trap: «how many more … than» or «by how many does A exceed B» asks for a difference: subtract. «Tom has 3 more than Ali» with Ali's amount given asks you to add 3 to Ali's. Use «more» with long adjectives (more careful) and -er with short ones (bigger), not both («more bigger» is wrong). «no more» means zero left.

In Jewish tradition

extra things coming («gets N more», «found N more» = add); or in «how many more … than» a comparison (= subtract); the sign > means «more than»; in everyday life «once more», «no more», «more or less» (about), «any more»; in casual talk «got any more?», «more pls»; in the exam voice «a further 4», «additional», «by how many does A exceed B» (= the difference)

Examples

• And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they. (Torah NUM.22.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. (Torah DEU.10.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• 'Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore. (Torah EXO.5.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• It shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD. (Prophets EZK.21.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou lovest evil more than good; falsehood rather than speaking righteousness. (Writings PSA.52.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• The LORD increase you more and more, you and your children. (Writings PSA.115.14, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

«gets/found N more», «a further N» or «N additional» means adding. Trap: «how many more … than» or «by how many does A exceed B» asks for a difference: subtract. «Tom has 3 more than Ali» with Ali's amount given asks you to add 3 to Ali's. Use «more» with long adjectives (more careful) and -er with short ones (bigger), not both («more bigger» is wrong). «no more» means zero left.