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Grammar I’ve been studying English for about two years. I can speak with confidence and I can express myself naturally without thinking so much. I can understand native speakers easily. However, I know that I need to improve my grammar to sound closer to a native. Because of this, I’ll try to write more in English and with your corrections I hope to improve my grammar more naturally (I really don’t like to study grammar rules). Today, for example, talking with a tutor, I said: “In my first year studying English, I used to study more hard” and he corrected me. I guess that the correct would be: “In my first year studying English, I used to study harder”. Is it correct? If I said “In my first year studying English I used to study more hardly”, would be correct as well? Thank you guys very much!

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Hi Alexandre,

Great writing! Your English seems very good. In answer to your questions:

“In my first year studying English, I used to study harder.” This is correct, but I think it's better to say "I studied harder." 

“In my first year studying English I used to study more hardly” No, this isn't correct. We only used the word "hardly" when referring to something that doesn't happen very often, or rarely. For example, "He hardly ever eats bread"  or "She hardly ever brushes her teeth." In this context, it means "rarely."


Hope this helps. Good luck improving your English!

Regina :)

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I’ve been studying English for about two years. I can speak with confidence and I can express myself naturally without thinking so too (or "as") much. I can understand native speakers easily. However, I know that I need to improve my grammar to sound closer to a native. ("More like a native" would be a little bit better here) Because of this, I’ll try to write more in English and with your corrections I hope to improve my grammar more naturally (I really don’t like to study grammar rules).
Today, for example, talking with a tutor, I said: “In my first year studying English, I used to study more hard” and he corrected me. I guess that the correct would be:
“In my first year studying English, I used to study harder”. Is it correct?
If I said “In my first year studying English I used to study more hardly”, would be correct as well?
Thank you guys very much!


There is nothing really wrong with saying "I used to study more hard". "More hard" and "harder" mean the same thing. However it is not typical usage. As Regina said, hardly would not work here.

It looks like your studies are going well, good job

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I’ve been studying English for about two years. I can speak with confidence and I can express myself both freely and naturally without pause. I can also understand native speakers easily. However, I know that I need to improve my grammar to sound like a native. To address this, I’ll try to write more in English, and then, along with your corrections, I hope to gradually improve my grammar (I really don’t like to study grammar rules!).

Today, for example, while talking with a tutor, I said, “In my first year studying English, I used to study more hard.” However, he corrected me. I guess that the correct way to say this would be: “In my first year studying English, I used to study harder”. Is it correct? If I had said instead, “In my first year studying English I used to study more hardly.” Would it be correct as well?
Thank you guys very much!

Hi Alexandre. Yes, I know how you feel since I do not like grammar rules either! As to your first question, yes, “study harder” is correct. As to your second question, no, “hardly” is not correct. You need to review comparative and superlative forms, as well as memorize the main ones since each word takes different forms depending on certain rules. And, being English, of course, there are always exceptions or words that use more than one rule! Anyway, please see the below link. I hope that this helps you. J.

 http://www.eflnet.com/tutorials/adjcompsup.php

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I’ve been studying English for about two years. I can speak the language with confidence, and I can express myself in the language naturally, without me  thinking too much about it. I can understand the native speakers of the language easily. However, I know that I need to improve my grammar to sound (much) like  closer to a native speaker ( of the language). Because of this, I’ll try to write more in English and, with your corrections , I hope to improve on my grammar so that it sounds  more natural-- even though I do not really don’t like to study its grammar rules.
Today, for example, while I was talking with a tutor, I said to him: “In my first year of  studying English, I used to study more hard”. But he corrected me. I guess that the correct phrase should be “In  my first year of studying English, I used to study harder”. Is this correct?
Or , if  I had said “In my first year of studying English, I used to study more hardly”, would this have been be correct as well?
Thank you guys very much!

more hard = harder ( just stick to harder, as this is more a superlative adjective ( thin, thinner, thinnest)  than a comparative one ( beautiful .. more ...., most..)


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