Talk:more and more

Part of speech?
This is entered as an adverb, but less and less is entered as a determiner. Equinox ◑ 20:29, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I think both are both. Similarly, fewer and fewer.
 * I suppose that we can justify treating the determiner/adverb cases as special and entryworthy, but many adjectives and adverbs can be reduplicated yielding the notion of "increasingly":
 * Highway travel has gotten [safer and safer]/[less and less dangerous].
 * Paler and paler colors became fashionable.
 * They closed up shop earlier and earlier.
 * DCDuring (talk) 03:08, 14 May 2018 (UTC)