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 …

Aug 23, 2014 · @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 …

Jun 27, 2015 · +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 …

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 …

(1) A millimeter is ten times smaller than a centimeter. (2) A millimeter is smaller than a centimeter by a factor of 10. (3) A millimeter is smaller than a centimeter by a factor of 0.1. (4) My car is …

Jul 21, 2016 · The pile of junk has gotten smaller. Less is used in cases where there is a lower amount of something that does not have defined quantities. You cannot accurately quantize …

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 …

May 22, 2011 · 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 mean …

May 9, 2020 · Imagine two people are speaking loudly, but then a third person begins shouting even louder. The third persons voice has made the other two voices seem smaller and less …

May 21, 2012 · 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 …