How do you spell "more"? We find out together

How do you spell "more"? Not everyone can unequivocally answer the question posed. In this connection, we decided to dedicate this article to this topic.

General information

In the way "more" is written, many people doubt. Not knowing the basic rules of spelling of this word, it is possible to admit the grossest mistakes in the text. So, the mentioned lexical unit is often used in the letter in the form of "more", "more" and "more". Which of the presented options is the only true one? To answer this question, it is necessary to find out a part of the speech of the given word.

Determine the part of speech

The word "more" can be the name of the adjective, which stands in comparative degree. In this case, the prefix softens the comparative degree.

If such a lexical unit denotes a state sign, then it refers to an adverb. By the way, in this case this part of speech also has a comparative degree. Let's give an example: "She only thought how to tear off his money more."

Adjective

How do you spell "more" if the given word is an adjective that stands comparatively? According to the rules of the Russian language, if the mentioned part of the speech has some form of the degree of comparison, and also the prefix, then such a lexical unit should be written only together and in no other way. Let's give an illustrative example: more - more, less - less often, less - less and so on. One can not but note the fact that words that were formed from a short adjective with addition of all the same prefix and ending in -y (for example, for a long time, little by little, etc.) are also written together.

Thus, when answering the question about how to write "more", we can safely say that if this word is an adjective, which is in comparative degree, then it should be written only together.

Adverb

The spelling of the word "more" can be explained quite easily with the help of another rule of the Russian language. As you know, it says that all those adverbs that are in the form of a comparative degree and are formed with the help of a prefix are written together. (Light - lighter, more - more, deeper - deeper, etc.).

Let's give an illustrative example: "For catching large river fish, we chose the deepest place, which was downstream. There was more space. "

Features of the word

The word "more" is used by us quite often. And this happens not only in colloquial speech, but also during the writing of any texts. That is why it is extremely important to know how to properly use it. For this it is required to apply only those rules of the Russian language, which were presented to your attention a little higher. But if you do not want to delve into the jungle of grammar, it's enough to remember that such a lexical unit is always written together. That is, a separate version of writing should not be discussed at all, since there is no such word in Russian as "more". It's quite another matter if you doubt whether you want to use a hyphen in this expression or not.

As we found out above, the mentioned word is written only together. However, there is also such a form, which nevertheless provides for a hyphen.

Need a hyphen or not?

We determined the spelling "more" by applying two completely different rules for this. However, if you are interested in the question of how to write a similar lexical unit "in large", then for this it is required to tell about other features of the Russian language.

So, the mentioned word is used in the text either through a hyphen, or separately. The choice of one or another method of writing depends entirely on which part of the speech it refers to. As in the previous case, such a lexical unit can act as:

• Adverbs. In this case, the word should be written only through a hyphen. What is the reason for this? In Russian there is a rule that says that an adverb with a particle "by" should be written through a hyphen if it was formed with the help of the suffix -omu. Let's give an example: in a small, large, large and so on.
• Names of adjectives. In this case, the combination "by and large" should be written only separately. After all, the names of adjectives and prepositions are never written together or through a hyphen. Here is an illustrative example: "A ball made of paper rolled around the big table"; "A beautiful and snow-white swan floated along the great lake"; "By the large size of his leg it became clear that such shoes would be too small for him" and so on.

Let's sum up the results

So, in order to find out how to write the word "more", it is necessary to determine its belonging to one or another part of speech. Although this is not necessary at all, as in any case such a lexical unit is written together, which can not be said about a combination of "by and large". In this case, it is extremely necessary to determine a part of the speech. After all, this is the only way to understand whether such a word is spelled separately or through a hyphen.