What is the difference between moreso and moreover?
moreso | moreover |
* 1969 , Nels Anderson, "The Uses and Worth of Language", in Nels Anderson (editor), Studies in Multilingualism , E. J. Brill,
*1997 , Hana S. Noor Al-Deen, Cross-Cultural Communication and Aging in the United States , page 30:
*:We grow more like ourselves in our past, only moreso .
*2000 , Conrad Totman, A History of Japan , page 337:
*:Consequently, he concluded, new arrangements are necessary and will become moreso in future.
*2004 , Jeffrey B. Little, Understanding Wall Street , page 140:
*:The investment environment in the seven years immediately preceding the 1987 crash was as favorable, if not moreso , than the years prior to the 1929 crash.
* (conjunctive) In addition to what has been said; furthermore; additionally.
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As an adjective moreso
is nonstandard spelling of more so.As an adverb moreover is
in addition to what has been said; furthermore; additionally.moreso
English
Adjective
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- Food and other essential resources are limited, and are likely to become moreso .
Usage notes
Though frequent in informal writing, some arbiters of English usagemoreso], from Common Errors in English Usage'', by Paul Brians[http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/cgi-bin/writing.cgi?query=moreso More so], from ''Guide to Grammar and Style'', by Jack Lynch[http://www.word-detective.com/back-a2.html Furthermore, inasmuch as...., from ''The Word Detective , by Evan Morris consider “moreso” an incorrect form of “more so”, sometimes citing the fact that in many cases the "so" is included tautologically, and the word “more” is all that is needed. "Moreso" appearing in print may be a typo in the form of an accidentally omitted space.
References
Language Log: Moreso
