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May 3, 2015 · Devon. British English. May 4, 2015. #13. "easier" is the usual form used. "more easy" can be used but not preferable - for occasional use only, and best to be avoided by learners of English. "more easier" is quite unacceptable and considered as exaggeration. E.
Jun 8, 2011 · 2、easy后可接 动词不定式，且不定式中的 及物动词 通常以主动形式表示被动意义。. 《让子弹飞》葛优台词：黄老爷 easy easy 什么意思easy，easy的意思是：放松，不要紧张。. 正确的表达方式是take it easy。. 重点词汇解释easy英 ['iːzi] 美 ['iːzi] adj. 容易的；轻松的 ...
May 12, 2008 · THAT'S A PIECE OF CAKE -- "Something that can be done easily and pleasurably. The light-verse writer Ogden Nash had this line in 'Primrose Path' (1936): 'Her picture's in the papers now, and life's a piece of cake.'. The thought surely derives from the fact that for most people eating a piece of cake is easy and a pleasure."
Aug 27, 2008 · There are many more hits of 'Take it easy now', about 35,600, compared to about 600 for 'Take her easy now' on the Internet, half of which seems to belong to a classic posted on the Web (Open Boa t by Stephen Crane). I also found it in The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub (page 38, first page of Chapter 4): 'Say, son, take her easy ...
May 8, 2009 · In the book, "Guide to Patterns and Usage in English," the below sentences are shown as examples for the syntax of special adjectives, such as easy, difficult, hard, safe, dangerous. (Hornby, Guide to Patterns and Usage in English, ch3. 71) 1. He is easy to deceive. [He is both the subject of the sentence and the object of "to deceive."] 2.
Apr 1, 2007 · Apr 1, 2007. #6. Dimcl said: An "easy" man or woman (mostly applied to women, however) is one who carries on with questionable sexual conduct. In other words, someone who "sleeps around" is considered to be "easy". Hi, Dimcl.
Sep 7, 2006 · rsweet said: To be grammatically correct, you need to look at the kind of verb in the sentence. "Promises are not easy." uses the adjective because you're using a linking verb. "Promises don't come easily." uses an adverb because it's modifying the verb "come." Although in casual speech or songs you will often hear "Promises don't come easy."
Jan 12, 2009 · English - Australia. Jan 12, 2009. #2. It can mean that - it's from "take it easy on..." If somebody is putting ice or salt into or sauce onto something, then it would have this meaning. Similarly, if somebody was eating too many hot dogs, you might say "easy on the hot dogs!" All three of your sentences for the opposite case seem correct to me.
Jun 2, 2009 · Grammatically speaking, yes. However, in English, the most economic form is always preferred. In everyday speech and in writing you would generally hear easier, healthier, friendlier. One exception I can think of where I would say more easy rather than easier: "She used to be chaste, but she's more easy than before." Easy=promiscuous.
Mar 4, 2022 · Bulgaria. Bulgarian. Mar 4, 2022. #2. In the phrase 'easy to carry' the verb is used reflexively, i.e. the action is reflected back to the subject 'e-books'. Long story short, 'easy to carry' is the way we would say it. 'E-books are easy to be carried' is clumsy at best and incorrect at worst.
