Grammer help

[RawdogDX]

a client of mine is telling me that it is incorrect to use the phrase 'more accurately.'  As in: the advanced search allows a user to more accurately search for items.

Is that true?  I can't find anything that corroborates his assertion.  Is he correct?  Are you supposed to spell out 'with more accuracy'?

[reinko]

Techincally, I believe your client is correct. 

Also, it is spelled grammar.   

[Skatastrophy]

I can find no evidence that "more accurate" is grammatically incorrect.  I would ask him to provide proof or else you'll never give him insider MU bball tips again.

I'd look at this in two ways:
1.  Effective communication is always more important than 100% by-the-book grammar.  Language wasn't set in stone 1500 years ago, it's a constant work in progress.

2.  He's your client.  Just agree with whatever stupid crap he says and take his money.  It's the way of the consultant

[Ari Gold]

irregardless, for all intensive purposes more accurately is a accurate but you could of used a different phrase

[muballer10]

that was genuinely tough to read

[reinko]

irregardless, for all intensive purposes more accurately is a accurate but you could of used a different phrase

Superbar POTD nominee

[MerrittsMustache]

I believe the word you're looking for is accuratelier.

[4everwarriors]

Just use "more better."

[augoman]

Just use "more better."

It's "more better, aina".

[NavinRJohnson]

irregardless, for all intensive purposes more accurately is a accurate but you could of used a different phrase

Trying to use a whole nother phrase would be a tough road to hoe.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Rawdog, I thought you just grunted and laughed a lot.  now you're debating grammar, I'm impressed.

[mu_hilltopper]

Rawdog .. your client is full of it.  The phrase "more accurately" is fine and is used with great frequency.

[wildbillsb]

irregardless, for all intensive purposes more accurately is a accurate but you could of used a different phrase

+10

[mosarsour]

Trying to use a whole nother phrase would be a tough road to hoe.

This cracked me up! I've always hate when people say that! 

[RawdogDX]

2.  He's your client.  Just agree with whatever stupid crap he says and take his money.  It's the way of the consultant

Normally I'd 100% agree but he's trying to get me to make changes in a generic help file used by all our clients. 

He also told me that you should never start sentences with 'In other words'.  Which i'm 100% sure is bs.

[Skatastrophy]

Normally I'd 100% agree but he's trying to get me to make changes in a generic help file used by all our clients. 

He also told me that you should never start sentences with 'In other words'.  Which i'm 100% sure is bs.

If you're not too worried about offending him then I'd ask him for a source to back up his claim because I couldn't find any.

Or you could change "more accurately" to "to be more precise"  and "in other words" to "another way to choke the llama."

[Ari Gold]

If you're not too worried about offending him then I'd ask him for a source to back up his claim because I couldn't find any.

Or you could change "more accurately" to "to be more precise"  and "in other words" to "another way to choke the llama."

haha! I've come up with about 2 dozen of those
Another way to...
slap the ham
jerk the gerkin
etc 

[dwaderoy2004]

Normally I'd 100% agree but he's trying to get me to make changes in a generic help file used by all our clients. 

He also told me that you should never start sentences with 'In other words'.  Which i'm 100% sure is bs.

These sounds like pet peeves and not actually grammar issues.

[77fan88warrior]

irregardless, for all intensive purposes more accurately is a accurate but you could of used a different phrase

I'm still trying to figure out why this post isn't in teal?

[77ncaachamps]

I believe more accurately is a fine term to use as it compares one search to another (use of "more").

However, English teachers will fret at your sentence: the advanced search allows a user to more accurately search for items.

Though done often in spoken English (see Star Trek's "To boldly go"), the placement of "more accurately" breaks the infinitive "to search" and is grammatically incorrect.

Preferred use: The advanced search allows a user to search for items more accurately.