Would you please have a look at the following sentences. Thank you in advance

Are these sentences correct:

  • Do you want to make him even more hostile/ jealous of me than he already is. My question here is can I use the sentence without ‘than’?
  • Can or Can’t you come earlier? I read in Michael Swan’s PEU that this is possible, 2nd edition, entry 137.
  • I became more and more lonely/ The road’s getting more and more steep/ The road is getting steeper and steeper. Also in Michael Swan’s PEU, entry 136.5
  • Could you speak more loudly. I know loud can be used informally
  • I go there whenever I please and with whoever/whomever I please.

What do you have to say: @Alan, @Anglophile, @Arinker, @Alan, @NearlyNapping, @Torsten

Thanks fellows and keep your noses to grindstone, if necessary.

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You need the word ‘than’. ( I assume you mean the ‘than’ that I bolded.)

These might seem like they are opposites, but they have the same meaning with a slightly different mood.

"Can’t you come earlier?’ has more of a challenging tone than “Can you come earlier?”. “Can you come” is more of a casual question. “Can’t you come” implies that you would really like for them to come earlier.

These are all fine. My personal preferences are:
“more and more lonely” is preferred over “lonelier and lonelier”
and
“getting steeper and steeper” is preferred over “more and more steep”.

This is fine. The following are also fine:
Could you speak up?
Could you speak louder?
I can’t hear you, could you speak up?

Adding ‘please’ to the end of these might be a good idea.

In practice people say it both ways. A memory aid for “correct” use of who/whom is:
Him-Whom have similar sounds. If you would use ‘him’ then you would use ‘whom’.

I go there with he. - Wrong
I go there with him. Correct
So you use whom.
I go there with whom I please

I should add that ANY use of the word ‘whom’ can come across as pretentious.

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Hi Dan, I forgot to say that PEU mentioned that both are indeed possible.

Thank you very much for taking the time to look at my sentences. I really appreciate your explanation.

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Yes, I’ve heard that before.

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