Talk:Coconut/@comment-65.130.164.174-20180711222606/@comment-444327-20190228171010

This would be correct grammar over a century ago, but the language has since evolved to get more to the point and minimise descriptors. Nowadays single-syllable words take "-er" and "-est" prefixes to make them a comparative phrase.

So while "more hot" is correct it's fallen out of common usage, and it doesn't make "hotter" incorrect.