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Re: speaking of Strunk and White..

latishya #186792 09/11/09 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted By: latishya
is the complaint alleging that it should be "better" not "best"?

Yep. It's maybe not all that common but it does pop up from time to time. I like lumping it with other cases of dual/plural agreement. The are other cases of complaining about use of the superlative when the comparative is considered more appropriate.

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Re: Top 10 Normative English Usage Rules zmjezhd 09/05/09 07:17 PM

speaking of Strunk and White.. tsuwm 09/08/09 03:35 PM

Re: speaking of Strunk and White.. Jackie 09/10/09 03:27 AM

Re: speaking of Strunk and White.. Faldage 09/10/09 10:35 AM

Re: speaking of Strunk and White.. zmjezhd 09/10/09 01:27 PM

Re: speaking of Strunk and White.. Faldage 09/10/09 11:45 PM

Re: speaking of Strunk and White.. tsuwm 09/11/09 12:02 AM

Re: speaking of Strunk and White.. zmjezhd 09/11/09 03:10 AM

Re: speaking of Strunk and White.. latishya 09/11/09 09:11 AM

Re: speaking of Strunk and White.. Faldage 09/11/09 10:35 AM

Re: speaking of Strunk and White.. twosleepy 09/12/09 03:07 AM

Re: speaking of Strunk and White.. Faldage 09/12/09 11:11 AM

Re: speaking of Strunk and White.. zmjezhd 09/12/09 11:47 AM

Re: speaking of Strunk and White.. Faldage 09/12/09 02:10 PM

Re: fleeting fledglings zmjezhd 09/12/09 06:11 PM

Re: speaking of Strunk and White.. Faldage 09/12/09 11:21 AM

Re: speaking of Strunk and White.. twosleepy 09/13/09 12:43 AM

Re: speaking of Strunk and White.. Faldage 09/13/09 11:53 AM

Re: speaking of Strunk and White.. Jackie 09/13/09 01:00 AM

Re: dingie-hoozies tsuwm 09/13/09 05:38 AM

Re: Top 10 Normative English Usage Rules Faldage 09/05/09 11:08 AM

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Re: Top 10 Normative English Usage Rules Faldage 09/02/09 10:28 AM

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