Comparative of great
The word 'greater' is correct and usable in written English. You can use it to compare two things when you wish to say that one thing is larger than another. For example, "This mountain is greater in height than the previous one.".
"But there is an even greater number of people, even though they were not enthusiastic about David Cameron or the Tories, who feel relieved that we are not in government.
That doesn't mean getting out of print, but it does require a greater focus of attention, imagination and resource on the various forms that digital future is likely to take".
"Rather than preventing that, it seems they have opted for making inequalities even greater," he said.
But it's not at all clear that the number of jobs created by, say, an expanding solar industry would be greater than the number lost through, say, a shrinking coal-mining industry.
"Even as he was encouraging young people to reach for greater heights for themselves, he was working to attain his own educational goals," the school said.
We need more emphasis on team and inter-team working and much greater involvement of frontline staff.
But the greater significance of that day in Dallas – beyond the arguments about the grassy knoll and the Zapruder film – is the effect the killing had on how the Kennedy presidency would be viewed thereafter.
Ludwig does not simply clarify my doubts with English writing, it enlightens my writing with new possibilities
Simone Ivan Conte
Software Engineer at Adobe, UK