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In the worksheet, it says 'we can use politer than / more polite than' but my 
teacher says 'we can only use more polite than'

答：

Polite 是多音節形容詞， 所以在語法上是用  more polite than, the most polite.

而在現代的英語中，其實兩者都可以使用，politer than 也比較常見，例如有以下的文章：


http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/mps-politer-than-cat-fight-in-a-sack/story-e6frgcjx-1226667027835#

Jeffrey

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