English term
Native in: Persian (Farsi) 
Works in: English to Persian (Farsi), Persian (Farsi) to English
opener or more open
Suppose we are in a room and it's hot, we ask someone to open the door, but it is not enough and the room is still hot, so we want to ask him to open the door a little bit more. How should I say this? should I say let the door be opener or more open or sould I say something else? which form of this adj is used in English?
Thank you in advance
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Catharine Cellier-Smart
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Mohammad Ali Moinfar (X)
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Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: French to English, Creoles & Pidgins (French-based Other) to English, English
could you open the door (some) more please?
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Charles Davis
: Yes: the comparative form of "open" is "more open" and cannot be "opener", but it is important to stress that neither would be said in this context.
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thank you Charles
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Veronika McLaren
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thank you Veronika
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Trudy Peters
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Thank you Trudy
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Penn Tomassetti
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Thank you Penn
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B D Finch
: Though I think "a bit more" is more natural than "some more".// More formal than "Open that b***** door properly; we're all f***ing suffocating in here!"
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Yes, but I felt that "a bit" was a little too familiar. Unfortunately we don't really know the level of formality required // ;-)
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Victoria Britten
: For me "some more" is fine; could also use "a little"
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Thank you Victoria
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Phong Le
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Thank you
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more (open)
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Tony M
: Yes, here 'opener' would be wrong; though in any case, one would never say 'let the door be more open' ('open the door a bit more')
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Yes, "a bit more." Thanks, Tony!
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Donna Stevens
: Yes, open the door a bit more, please
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Thanks for your input Donna!
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Sheila Wilson
: two syllables, and the second one isn't just "y"' so not -er
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Thanks, Sheila!
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Edith Kelly
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Thanks, EdithK!
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Charles Davis
: The comparative form is "more open" and cannot be "opener", but you would not use "more open" here.
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Yes, in the given context more is an adverb here open a verb. Thank you, sir!
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Thayenga
: With Charles. :)
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Thanks, Thayenga!
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Yvonne Gallagher
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Thank you, gallagy2!
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AllegroTrans
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Thanks!
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