I prefer this brand of toothpaste more |
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Votes: 243
Comments: 6
Added: October 2006
| Reader BATS - 5th December 2006 19:57 |
| As written, the sentence assumes that only two brands of toothpaste exist. This sentence calls for the superlative form "most." |
| SimonTrew - 13th September 2007 17:05 |
| "more" vs "most" does not come into it. "prefer" is enough, and "more" can be cut. |
| Bryan - 27th February 2008 00:07 |
| Agreed. You can like something more or most, but prefer stands alone. It works equally well whether you a choosing among 2 or 200. |
| Prabhu - 12th April 2008 07:48 |
| i ma like the site.... |
| Dean Bush - 21st April 2008 12:05 |
| prefer indicates that a person is MORE INCLINED to take a particular brand of toothpaste than another brand. "More" is redundant and superfluous. |
| Ben Curtis - 3rd November 2009 17:46 |
| "I prefer this brand of toothpaste" taken alone may make sense in context - but really even that doesn't express a whole thought. Consider that out of context you have to ask: "Prefer it to what?" Then you might get the answer: "I prefer it all the other brands" or: "I prefer it to being beaten with a hammer." Again, consider: "I prefer coca-cola." Presumably, to other soft drinks (as this is the normal context) but maybe other brands of cola. Out of context, there is not truth-evaluable statement here. So - now "more". Again, any sentence with "more" in should contrast two things. If you say "I like this toothpaste more" again we need ask; "more than what?" and the same options apply. At any rate, to have them both in here, combined in this way, and out of context, is surely poor English. |
