"Анна пишет медленнее, чем Том."
Translation:Anna writes more slowly than Tom.
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Marked as wrong for "Anna writes more slowly than Tom" (which is correct), and given solution of "Anna writes slower than Tom" (which is incorrect).
This is because "slower" is an adjective (ie, used to describe nouns), whereas "more slowly" is an adverbial construction and is what is needed here (as we're describing the action of writing, not Anna per se).
Reported.
Fixed. I think we should still accept "slower" because I definitely saw that used.
Yes, it is widely used in American English at least. I'm not 100% sure it's supposed to be used even in American English, but they do use it nevertheless, so from a descriptivist point of view it can certainly be kept.
"slow" is down as an adverb in the dictionary so "slower" is also adverbial.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/slow?q=slow
I'm reviewing this section and finding many, many more sentences than there were the first time I worked through it -- and I mean this in the best possible way. Thank you to all of you who are adding content and helping the rest of us learn Russian!
Actually, we have not added that much since the launch of the course in early November 2015. It is just that Duo automatically gathers statistics and mostly gives you sentences users have least trouble with. For example, Это быстрая песня is offered about three times as often as Мы знаем много песен.
The system makes your life easier but ultimately may leave the impression that some lessons lesson have, like, 5 or 6 sentences while in reality they have dozens.
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while i do appreciate not bogging down new learners like myself with sentences involving concepts unfamiliar to English-only speakers, it seems less exposure and practise isn't really beneficial in the long run.
Is медленнее only usable as an adverb or can it be also an adjective as in: "Anna is slower than Tom." for example?
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why is медленнее ending in ее? is it because it is a qualitaty adverb or for the use of the comparative? What are the rules? Thanks
Most of comparatives end in -ее (or -ей). They are the same for adjectives and adverbs.
There are some types of adjectives that use -е (громче, дороже, дешевле,больше) or -ше (дальше, тише)
