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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 11:29 am

Shouldn't it really be "more easily said than done"?

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 1:14 pm

Oh, good point... I'm thinking about it and I'm not really sure eek

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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 3:50 pm

Actually, no. Well, yes. Yes and no. It's confusing, really.

Since it would be proper English to be written as "More easily said than done", it raises discussion.

Of course, "Easier said than done" could also be worded as such: "It is easier said than done" and would still make sense.

"It is easier said than done."
"It is more easily said than done."

It's win-win.

Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:39 am

still, the point of "Easier said than done" is that saying you will do something is easy, but actually doing it, takes effort.

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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 12:38 am

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Actually, no. Well, yes. Yes and no. It's confusing, really.

Since it would be proper English to be written as "More easily said than done", it raises discussion.

Of course, "Easier said than done" could also be worded as such: "It is easier said than done" and would still make sense.

"It is easier said than done."
"It is more easily said than done."

It's win-win.

I agree. Both are correct [in my opinion] if you add It's to the beginning.

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:35 am

Grammatically, "easily said than done" is correct, it's just that the idiom started by saying, "easier said than done". So technically, both ways would be considered correct.