In this post, we explore ‘even + comparative’ which is used to emphasize qualities.
In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 40 in ADJECTIVES is defined as:
‘even’ to modify and intensify comparative adjectives used predicatively after a verb, usually ‘be’ and ‘get’.
We did an iWeb search for even _JJ and highlighted the A2 comparative adjectives:
1 EVEN WORSE 76953
PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE:
It might be even worse and lead to a big conflict.
Arabic Male level 5 writing class
2 EVEN BETTER 74467
3 EVEN GREATER 49469
4 EVEN BIGGER 34874
5 EVEN HIGHER 33571
*It is hard for tagging software to differentiate between comparative adverbs and adjectives.
Postponing destiny had only managed to drive my anxiety even higher.
6 EVEN EASIER 17667
7 EVEN LARGER 16088
8 EVEN HARDER 15199
9 EVEN STRONGER 14488
It‘s even stronger than the materials that the animals produce.
10 EVEN LOWER 13719
11 EVEN SMALLER 11780
12 EVEN LONGER 6328
13 EVEN CHEAPER 5578
14 EVEN OLDER 5153
15 EVEN FASTER 4828
16 EVEN TOUGHER 4447
17 EVEN SIMPLER 4147
18 EVEN WIDER 4067
19 EVEN FURTHER 3725
20 EVEN DEEPER 3724
21 EVEN COOLER 3447
22 EVEN SHORTER 3021
23 EVEN SWEETER 2579
24 EVEN CLOSER 2564
25 EVEN STRANGER 2530
26 EVEN YOUNGER 2504
27 EVEN HAPPIER 2352
28 EVEN RARER 2084
29 EVEN NICER 2070
30 EVEN LIGHTER 2065
31 EVEN CLEARER 2038
32 EVEN BRIGHTER 2035
33 EVEN TIGHTER 1986
34 EVEN HOTTER 1966
35 EVEN CRAZIER 1837
36 EVEN DARKER 1830
37 EVEN FUNNIER 1709
38 EVEN WEIRDER 1702
39 EVEN BROADER 1689
40 EVEN EARLIER 1618
41 EVEN LOUDER 1596
42 EVEN RICHER 1576
43 EVEN SCARIER 1504
44 EVEN HEAVIER 1440
45 EVEN SMOOTHER 1396
46 EVEN QUICKER 1296
47 EVEN THINNER 1141
48 EVEN SHARPER 1136
49 EVEN NEWER 1112
50 EVEN COLDER 1107
51 EVEN SMARTER 1051
52 EVEN WEAKER 1039
53 EVEN HEALTHIER 1037
54 EVEN TRICKIER 954
55 EVEN SOFTER 906
56 EVEN WARMER 880
57 EVEN SLOWER 872
58 EVEN SADDER 870
59 EVEN PRETTIER 859
60 EVEN TALLER 853
61 EVEN FINER 849
62 EVEN BUSIER 816
63 EVEN CUTER 795
64 EVEN THICKER 755
65 EVEN STRICTER 652
66 EVEN QUIETER 634
67 EVEN STEEPER 633
68 EVEN TASTIER 598
69 EVEN HARSHER 592
70 EVEN LATER 589
71 EVEN POORER 563
72 EVEN CLEANER 524
73 EVEN TRUER 519
74 EVEN SAFER 513
75 EVEN ANGRIER 511
76 EVEN UGLIER 493
77 EVEN BOLDER 490
78 EVEN TINIER 487
79 EVEN GRANDER 473
80 EVEN DUMBER 472
81 EVEN WILDER 461
82 EVEN NARROWER 456
83 EVEN LUCKIER 442
84 EVEN PROUDER 396
85 EVEN FARTHER 393
86 EVEN DEADLIER 389
87 EVEN SLIMMER 385
88 EVEN CREEPIER 336
89 EVEN SEXIER 329
90 EVEN ODDER 327
91 EVEN BLEAKER 327
92 EVEN DRIER 319
93 EVEN NASTIER 314
94 EVEN SILLIER 309
95 EVEN STARKER 303
96 EVEN RISKIER 294
97 EVEN FULLER 284
98 EVEN STIFFER 283
99 EVEN FATTER 256
100 EVEN ROUGHER 241
A2 vocabulary in the top 20:
deeper, further, higher, larger, lower, simpler, stronger, wider, worse