"more clear" or "clearer"

[PeachYoghurt]

Hi all! I met a question puzzling me a lot. According to textbooks, the comparative form of "clear" should be "clearer", but I came across a sentence written by an English native speaker with "more clear".The sentence is "Do I need to make myself more clear?"

I was wondering whether "more clear" is also acceptable. Many thanks!

 

[Glenfarclas]

No, you should use "clearer."

 

[entangledbank]

Yes, it's unusual, but it's sometimes possible to use 'more' instead of a suffixed comparative. There's no meaning difference.

 

[Loob]

Hello PeachYogurt - welcome to the forums!

If you put "more clear" into the Dictionary and thread title search box at the top of the page and then scroll down, you'll be taken to several previous threads which discuss your question.