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Discover LudwigThe part of a sentence "the thicker the" is correct and can be used in written English
"The thicker the layers of frost were, the colder the morning seemed." In this example, "the thicker the layers of frost were" is a comparative phrase that compares the thickness of the layers of frost to the perceived coldness of the morning. It is a grammatically correct and commonly used construction in written English to express a proportional relationship between two things.
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The thicker the envelope the happier we were.
"The more CO2, the thicker the bud," the Kid explained.
Naturally, the thicker the roof, the more insulation there is".
The brighter the candle, the thicker the darkness that follows it being extinguished seems.
"You see, the thicker the ring, the better the year," said Mr. Nobert (pronounced no-BEAR).
"The thicker the section, the looser the wave," Mr. Berg said.
The thicker the cord, or wale, the more likely you are to resemble a ploughed field.
However, the thicker the cathode, the slower the ions will move through it.
The thicker the spears the better, because they tend to be fibrous and must be peeled.
The thicker the glass, the flatter the plane of the facade.
The bigger the aggregate, the thicker the layer of plaster should be.
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