Learn English – Is “milk is more preferable to tea” grammatically correct

adjectives

Is it grammatically correct?

Milk is more preferable to tea.

I think preferable in itself is an absolute adjective so more preferable does not make any sense
but if it is correct please give me more details

Best Answer

According to Collins Dictionary, in British English the more should be omitted. It doesn't specify for American English.

preferable USAGE

Since preferable already means more desirable, one should not say something is more preferable or most preferable

I think you'll probably find that more preferable is used quite often, despite being technically incorrect. I'd even go as far as to say more preferable is even more common than just preferable on its own.

A situation where you might legitimately use more preferable is a sentence like:

Milk and tea are both preferable to water, but milk is more preferable.

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