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Grammatically speaking, there is no such thing as "more strict" even though it is commonly used. Lots of native speakers make mistakes, even us in our 1st lge. I compared "more strict" to "beautifuler" because the latter is incorrect both syntactically & grammatically.
beautifuller & beautifuler don't exsist, & neither does "more strict" - again grammatically speaking.
Grammatically speaking, the word 'stricter' means 'more strict'!
No one (outside a standard language exam perhaps) is going to call saying 'more strict' incorrect. Grammatically or otherwise.
It is not a mistake, and it is not dialectal. It is an exception to the rule.