Smaller. Smaller is the relative adjective (or sometimes adverb or noun) of small, indicating that referenced term it has more of the characteristic of smallness. I ordered the smaller of the two …

2011年5月22日 · Joking aside, only less than and greater than are uniformly understood as < and > relation respectively; the other words (e.g. smaller, lower) are often used colloquially to …

I am wondering about the correct use of lesser/smaller in the following phrase: This library has a smaller/lesser number of books than the National Library. I did find another thread on nearly …

2020年6月25日 · The comparative is formed by adding "-er" to one syllable adjectives and by qualifying adjectives of two or more syllables with more or less: It is small - it is smaller; He is …

To some extent, it depends on the font you are using and how accessible its special features are. If you can do full typesetting, then you probably want to make the th part look different from the …

2015年6月27日 · +1, I like that this is the first answer to address the multiple Unicode code points involved. However, I think you might mention that regardless of the characters' names or …

2014年8月23日 · @WS2 In speech, very nearly always. In writing, much less so. I think what may be going on is that one just assumes that “June 1” is pronounced “June First”, or “4 July” as …

2020年12月4日 · The number of students this year is smaller than the number of students last year; I know that fewer is used for countables (e.g. "I have fewer children than my friend", or "I …

2012年5月21日 · In regard to the phrase "increasingly smaller": Please be aware this clumsy, irritating usage is called a "contradiction in terms." Applying the adverb "increasingly" to the …

2016年7月15日 · M-W: to make (something) seem smaller or less important. dictionary.com: to treat or speak of (something) so as to reduce emphasis on its importance, value, strength, …