comparative AND comparative – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 47 in Adjectives is defined as:

‘and’ to repeat a comparative adjective to indicate change over time, usually after ‘become’ or ‘get’

However, the English Vocabulary Profile lists ‘worse and worse‘ at B2

 used to emphasize how unpleasant, difficult, severe, etc. something is becoming

A search in iWeb corpus:

_V _JJR and _JJR

1 GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER 1563

2 GETTING WORSE AND WORSE 1555 3 GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER 897 4 GET BIGGER AND BIGGER 867

5 GOT WORSE AND WORSE 852

And over the course of that week, this feeling got worse and worse,

 and I started to become convinced that something was there in my little guest house, haunting me.

TED

6 GET WORSE AND WORSE 735 7 GET SMALLER AND SMALLER 616 8 GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER 590 9 GETS WORSE AND WORSE 590

10 GOT BIGGER AND BIGGER 468

11 GETTING STRONGER AND STRONGER 458

12 GET BIGGER AND STRONGER 438 13 GETS SMALLER AND SMALLER 429 14 IS EASIER AND CHEAPER 348 15 GET STRONGER AND STRONGER 345 16 GETTING HIGHER AND HIGHER 323 17 BE EASIER AND CHEAPER 291 18 IS SMALLER AND LIGHTER 288 19 GETTING SHORTER AND SHORTER 279 20 GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER 270 21 GETTING LARGER AND LARGER 241 22 GETTING BIGGER AND STRONGER 232 23 GET LARGER AND LARGER 224 24 BE HAPPIER AND HEALTHIER 215 25 ARE BIGGER AND STRONGER 206 26 GET HIGHER AND HIGHER 197 27 BE HEALTHIER AND HAPPIER 196 28 GETS LARGER AND LARGER 195 29 GETTING HOTTER AND HOTTER 184 30 GETTING TOUGHER AND TOUGHER 184 31 GETTING YOUNGER AND YOUNGER 182 32 GETS STRONGER AND STRONGER 181 33 GROWING BIGGER AND BIGGER 180 34 BECOMES SMALLER AND SMALLER 179 35 GETTING WEAKER AND WEAKER 168 36 GREW LARGER AND LARGER 168 37 GROWING LARGER AND LARGER 164 38 GETTING BUSIER AND BUSIER 162 39 IS LARGER AND HEAVIER 162 40 IS BIGGER AND STRONGER 154 41 ‘S EASIER AND CHEAPER 149 42 ARE HAPPIER AND HEALTHIER 149 43 BECOMING SMALLER AND SMALLER 147 44 GOING HIGHER AND HIGHER 146 45 GREW STRONGER AND STRONGER 146 46 ARE SMALLER AND LIGHTER 143 47 GREW LOUDER AND LOUDER 143 48 ROSE HIGHER AND HIGHER 137 49 GREW BIGGER AND BIGGER 135 50 GOT SMALLER AND SMALLER 134 51 IS FASTER AND CHEAPER 134 52 GROWS LARGER AND LARGER 132 53 GETTING CHEAPER AND CHEAPER 132 54 BECOME SMALLER AND SMALLER 130 55 GETTING TIGHTER AND TIGHTER 125 56 GETS HIGHER AND HIGHER 124 57 IS BIGGER AND HEAVIER 124 58 GROW BIGGER AND STRONGER 123 59 BE BIGGER AND STRONGER 121 60 ARE EASIER AND CHEAPER 121 61 GROW BIGGER AND BIGGER 120 62 GROW LARGER AND LARGER 119 63 LIVE HEALTHIER AND HAPPIER 118 64 ARE BETTER AND WORSE 118 65 GETTING THINNER AND THINNER 116 66 GETTING SICKER AND SICKER 115 67 ARE LARGER AND HEAVIER 115 68 GETS LOUDER AND LOUDER 114 69 GETTING OLDER AND OLDER 114 70 GROWING STRONGER AND STRONGER 112 71 GETTING HEAVIER AND HEAVIER 112 72 GETTING DARKER AND DARKER 112 73 BECAME WORSE AND WORSE 111 74 IS THINNER AND LIGHTER 111 75 GROWS BIGGER AND BIGGER 109 76 BECAME STRONGER AND STRONGER 107 77 GOT LOUDER AND LOUDER 106 78 IS LIGHTER AND STRONGER 106 79 IS LONGER AND WIDER 105 80 BECOMING BIGGER AND BIGGER 103 81 ARE BETTER AND CHEAPER 101 82 IS BETTER AND CHEAPER 100 83 GETTING SMARTER AND SMARTER 100 84 GETS BETTER AND BETTER 99 85 CLIMBING HIGHER AND HIGHER 98 86 RISING HIGHER AND HIGHER 97 87 GETTING COLDER AND COLDER 97 88 DO BIGGER AND BETTER 95 89 BECOMING CLEARER AND CLEARER 93 90 GREW WORSE AND WORSE 91 91 BECOMING RARER AND RARER 91 92 BECAME SMALLER AND SMALLER 91 93 GETS SHORTER AND SHORTER 90 94 GETTING LOWER AND LOWER 89

95 IS LIGHTER AND SMALLER 88

A2 vocabulary:

became, become, becomes, becoming, busier, clearer, climbing, grew, grow, growing, grows, healthier, heavier, higher, larger, louder, lower, sicker, stronger, thinner, wider, worse