Winner or sinner :)

[Tamara]

Hi

As I understand, 'He is sinful' = He is a sinner’, right?

So, sinner is a normal dictionary word, derivative from 'sin' + 'er', where the suffix has the same meaning as in 'winner' (and not as in 'bigger' ) :)
And 'sinful' is an adjective.
That’s OK.

I just want to say that when I first met the - informally said - phrase (I don’t remember it exactly) like
'He is more sinner than me.', my first thought was that 'sinner' is a comparative. I don't know, why :)

Anyway, what comparative do you use in the case?
(To me, 'more sinful' would sound extremely strange…)

P.S. Or from the religious attitude the degree just doesn't matter in this case? :) :)
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[Alan]

Hi Tamara,

I would say: He is more of a sinner than I am or He is a greater sinner than I am or He has committed more sins than I have.

Just on the matter of sins, allow me to give a quick shot of Shakespeare:

King Lear: I am a man more sinned against than sinning.

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[Tamara]

Hi Alan

Thanks!

[Alan]

Hi,

No, I don't think you can. Bill might have got away with it but not the rest of us.

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