Style dictates its own terms: a word that is suitable in meaning cannot always fit into a story, document, business message because of its speech coloring. "More beautiful" is neutral in relation to the style of presentation, but "more beautiful" is an image rooted in poetry and folk speech.
You will even have to pay attention to the form of the degree of comparison for the adjective "beautiful" - simple and complex. Turnovers that are not always appropriate in scientific language are perfectly combined with other styles.
Prettier or more beautiful - words that are two variants of a simple form of the comparative degree. They have many synonyms, and the context requires the use of special epithets, with different semantic shades and nuances.
Comparative degree
The comparative degree of adjectives has two forms - simple and complex. One is formed with the help of the ending, and the second with the help of the adverb "more" (or "less"). Thus, the options are: "prettier"(or "more beautiful") and "more beautiful".
The simple form is used in all speech styles - both in everyday conversations and in scientific articles. But a complex form (composite) is an attribute of book speech. For example:
There is also a more beautiful proof that the resulting vector is a null vector.
Synonyms
Synonyms for the word "beautiful": "more beautiful", "sweeter", "more wonderful", "smarter" and dozens of others. Of course, any of them has its own semantic shades, and not every a definition for a person, plant, building or act. A synonym is not a complete analogue of a word, but a concept that is close in meaning.
Synonyms "picturesque", "magnificent", "pleasing to the eye", "attractive", "full of colors", "colorful" are more suitable for the landscape.
Deeds, actions also fall under the characteristics of "beautiful" and "beautiful". Here are synonyms: "bold, outstanding, courageous, extraordinary".
The word "more beautiful" is a synonym for wonderful, it really enlivens the poetic image. Probably because it resembles folk speech in fairy tales, epics, songs, proverbs. A harsh proverb - "they put it in a coffin" - speaks of a bad, painful, exhausted face of a person.
And praise "more beautiful than all", "more beautiful than roses" characterizes not only fairy-tale characters. Famouspoets also have such epithets. For example, in Alexander Blok's play "The Rose and the Cross", the knight Bertrand says:
I would swear on a rose
You are more beautiful than all roses…
Note that the plot of the play was taken from chivalric novels. And the word "more beautiful" in this context refers to the archetypes of consciousness associated with ancient genres in literature.
"Better" and "more beautiful" are the closest synonyms, their different uses are determined only by the style of speech.
One of the oldest synonyms for the word "beautiful" is "red". And if native Russian speakers hear the proverb "The hut is not red with corners, but red with pies", then they understand: we are talking about beauty and goodness, and not about the color palette.
Of course, we must remember that only in relation to color can we use the comparative degree of the adjective "red" - "redder". But in the meaning of "beautiful" there is no such possibility.
Conversational style
Conversational style is not only oral speech. This includes private letters, notes, announcements (which do not require a strict form).
Fiction and cinema would not be possible without colloquial speech, which is not only a characteristic of the character. It allows the author to speak in a lively, not too academic style.
Advertising provides both successful and unsuccessful examples of the use of colloquialvocabulary. Parenthetically, the general public was amazed by the "vacuum cleaner" shape in one of the videos.
Speaking in any situation, following only strict grammatical rules, "high style", is simply ridiculous. There is such an abundance of colors and images in the language that it is pointless to limit it. But making gross mistakes is not recommended even in oral speech: for example, "prettier" is a completely unacceptable synonym.
Knowing the language tells you where to use "more beautiful", "beautiful" or "more beautiful". Or just say: "Well, how good!"
There is no more beautiful land in the world
Context and style are two very intelligent dictators. How wonderful Sergei Yesenin sounds:
Tanyusha was good, There was nothing more beautiful in the village.
The phrase "There was no more beautiful house in the village" does not irritate anyone. Although in this case, saying "prettier" or "more beautiful" is not so important.
However, the comment - "There was no more beautiful goal this season" - perhaps, will surprise with an unexpected archaic word. Or: "The coast of the country is more beautiful and more diverse than the central part." The adjective "prettier" is also more appropriate here.
The word "more beautiful" is often used in poems, songs about Russian open spaces, the Motherland. This word is included in the name of children's drawing contests dedicated to native places, in poetic lines about favorite cities and villages.
At one time wasvery popular "Song of the Motherland" (1947) to the words of Sergei Alymov:
Where can you find a country in the world
More beautiful than my homeland?
All the ends of my land are in bloom, Endless expanse of fields.
There are other examples. Recall the spiritual image in the poem "Vasily Terkin" by Alexander Tvardovsky:
Our mother earth, In days of trouble and in days of victory
No you are brighter and more beautiful
And there is nothing more desirable to the heart.
How to avoid mistakes?
Knowing in what context it is better to use "more beautiful" or "more beautiful", as well as the semantic shades of numerous synonyms of these words, it is easy to avoid stylistic absurdities. And the word "prettier", which miraculously found its way onto the pages of synonyms, is such a gross mistake that it would be strange to discuss it.
Another important point associated with the word "more beautiful" is in oral speech. Do not forget that it is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable.
