より～の方(ほう)がEs más ~ que ~, Prefiero ~ a ~ (con ほうがほしい y ほうが好き)

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  Tensor

  I haven’t seen too much of なより in the wild. For example, a sentence like:

  静かより、賑やかなほうが好きです。

  Seems natural. Is there a real difference here? Is this ungrammatical?

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  Fuga

  Hey @Tensor !

  静かより、賑やかなほうが好きです sounds a little unnatural because a な must be placed between the adjective and より. The sentence above could pass as ‘natural’ in a very casual conversation if the です at the end were to be removed.

  The only reason it could pass as ‘natural’ is simply because it is used in a casual context and that’s it, but in any other contexts, it will sound more natural if the な was included.

  This becomes more clear when you add more context to the sentence you have provided.

  For example ルームメイトは静かなより、賑やかな方が好きです sounds natural, and ルームメイトは静かより、賑やかな方が好きです sounds very unnatural since it is ungrammatical.

  I hope this answers your question!

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  Overhear0407

  For me, it’s easier to understand if I focus on particles:

  このラジオより高い → “More expensive than this radio”
  There is no particle, so より just behaves like “than”

  このラジオはより高い → “This radio is more expensive”
  When より is next to an adjective (and it’s not next to a noun) it behaves like an adverb that means “more (in quality)”
  this means you can also say このラジオはもっと高い, I would say this last one is even more conversational

  このラジオよりは高い → “It is at least more expensive than this radio”
  Now より is part of the topic, so it has this nuance of “we are talking about this particular thing, I don’t care, or don’t know about the rest”

  If you understand this, you can read this very formal sentence with a double より
  昨日より今日は私がより強い (…がより強い, more strong) (昨日より, than yesterday)
  or
  このケーキより甘いのをください (このケーキより, than this cake)

  Note:
  より might sound very formal, even serious, specially if you use it twice, の方が by itself is colloquial/conversational, の方が+...