I'm writting a paper for class, on the play Oedipus Rex. I'm citing the part of the play where Tiersais, the blind oracle comes in and tells Oedipus that he (Oedipus) is.....
Blinder or More Blind
than Tiersais is.
(The rule for grammar is that if the adjective is one syllable, then you don't use the more, you just add the -er. But, isn't there a rule about being blind? Cause blinder doesn't sound like a word, and m-w.com doesn't have it in it's pages either....)
So, which would be the correct grammar usage? And for that matter, the above sentance, shouldn't it be written:
"... where Tiersais, ..., tells Oedipus that Oedipus is ( BLIND )than he."
Because Tiersais is the subject and therefor, he gets to be repalced by the pronoun 'he'.
Right?
Ugh... Thanks for you answers to this!
2006-09-13
10:32:41
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