how to use the more?

[hitesh70]

Suppose I want to say that those who know more stays quite. How do I say it?

- The quitter the person is , the more intelligent he is.

Is this right?

 

[bhaisahab]

Suppose I want to say that those who know more stays quiet. How do I say it?

- The quitter the person is , the more intelligent he is.

Is this right?

"The quieter the person is, the more intelligent he is." This is OK.

 

[5jj]

Do you mean 'quiet' and 'quieter'?

ps. bhai beat me to it.

 

[charliedeut]

"The quieter the person is, the more intelligent he is." This is OK.

Wouldn't it be more appropriate if one of the "is" were dropped?

 

[bhaisahab]

Wouldn't it be more appropriate if one of the "is" were dropped?

The first one could be omitted.

 

[charliedeut]

The first one could be omitted.

I was just unsure as to which one. Thanks for the enlightenment.

 

[dut_thinker]

Wouldn't it be more appropriate if one of the "is" were dropped?

Do we need to add s after 'is'?
I mean should we say one of the 'is's were

 

[charliedeut]

No, "were" is used because of "if" (conditional sentence), not because it is plural (consider "If I were you, I would study harder")

charliedeut

 

[BobK]

"The quieter the person is, the more intelligent he is." This is OK.

:up:
There's a saying for that:' Empty vessels make most noise' ;-) (I wouldn't call it an idiom, it's just a commonly used bit of folk wisdom; and so is 'Still waters run deep' (though that's not so clearly about noise). This is one of those sayings that are so well-known that sometimes the user doesn't complete it: 'He's a quiet one, but you know what they say: "Still waters..."'.

b

 

[hitesh70]

Thanks you all

 

[Rover_KE]

Thanks to you all.

Your thanks are appreciated, hitesh, but you don't need to send them in a separate post.

We are all happy to accept a simple click on the Like button as your acknowledgement of our help.

Rover:-D