After going through various suggestions by GMAT experts at
Magoosh and Manhattan, I could arrive at the following conclusion:
The positive....comparative...superlative forms of certain adjectives of quantity are as follows:
set 1. many...more...most
set 2. much...more....most
set 3. great...greater...greatest
While set 1 (many...more...most) is used for countable nouns, set 2 (much...more....most) and set 3 (great...greater...greatest) are used for uncountable nouns.
Now there could be 2 types of uncountable nouns
type a. Quantity word / numbers themselves (e.g. price, volume, weight, probability etc.) are uncountable.
type b. Other uncountable nouns (honesty, poverty, etc as you mentioned)
The set 2 (much...more....most) is used for type b (other uncountable nouns) uncountable nouns.
The set 3 ( great...greater...greatest) is used for type a (Quantity word / numbers) uncountable nouns.
Therefore we see that "more" can be used for (i) countable nouns and (ii) uncountable nouns that are not quantity words/ numbers.
"Greater" can be used for (iii) uncountable nouns that are quantity words/ numbers.
as the correct idiom. Now
falls in the category of poverty honesty etc .... Why more is not used with understanding ??
Ex My gf is much more understanding than yours can ever be .
Ex She has greater understanding of the world than your gf can ever have.
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