Apr 18, 2019 · You can say "more smooth", or "smoother". Both are fine and mean exactly the same thing. But beware of trying to combine them, and saying "more smoother"! Many will say that a …

Mar 17, 2015 · You make things smooth - you smoothe or smoothen them (and while these were appearing in different proportions in the past, they have nearly evened out nowadays). The activity …

Aug 14, 2019 · Smooth is an adjective. Smoothly is the adverbial form. This should tell you that sailing is a noun, not a verb. Typically, we would not say, "I am smooth sailing." We might say, "I am smoothly …

Feb 26, 2025 · The main things this passage might be testing is whether we know about how the phrase "for one" is used idiomatically, and our understanding of grammatical sentence structure. These …

Jul 24, 2021 · Note that the collocation "smooth English" wouldn't really mean anything to most Anglophones. Also note that speaking smoothly isn't a common collocation - but smooth talking is, …

Apr 16, 2019 · The "not" could really go in any of those 3 places, but the first possibility sounds smoother and more idiomatic. The last sentence sounds the least natural to me, even slightly awkward.

Nov 27, 2022 · As a general rule, one should avoid using too many of the same pronouns in a single sentence. Instead, one should specify the noun in question. Also, "The happiness and the joy" …

May 15, 2021 · The temperature dropped. The temperature fell. The temperature went down. Another example: Grandma's cognitive skills decreased as she aged. Again, technically fine, but it just …

Mar 15, 2015 · So I had to check my friend's homework, but I myself don't even know the answers. For instance: "Yes, they are. They are both tall and they have both got brown eyes. "Yes, they are. They...

Feb 14, 2026 · The shift in pronunciation came first, with the 'a' in the plural suffix -as (as in lēafas) being dropped to make pronunciation smoother, and speakers likely began voicing the 'f' as a 'v' because …