Heard in a TV ad (UNCLASSIFIED)

Wed Aug 8 16:05:00 UTC 2007

Depending on your analysis of the '-er' at the end of 'better' I suppose.

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>>  Why's that? more +  adj + er is very well attested in many varieties.
>>  What could be more better?
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>"More betterer" would be more better, in this context.
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