Grammatically speaking, the word 'stricter' means 'more strict'! No one (outside a standard language exam perhaps) is going to call saying 'more strict' incorrect. Grammatically or otherwise. It is not a mistake, and it is not dialectal. It is an exception to the rule.
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Hey, I have surfed a bit and I know that 'stricter' is preferred but is it all right to use 'more strict'?
Hi I heard "more strict" the other day and it sounded a little odd. The rule goes that if you have a single syllable adjective, then add "er". As "strict" fits that description, I'd go with "stricter". That, of course, is not to say that in some parts of the US, Canada, or even the UK, "more strict" is being used and considered "natural".
Note: in the stricter sense, an oxymoron always contains only seemingly contradictory terms, the deeper meaning always being logical. ------------------ A palindrome is simply a word, phrase or sentence that sounds the same whether you read it from beginning to end or from end to beginning (whether left to right or right to left).
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