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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: comparative and superlative of well, etc. cambridgefred #190661 04/22/10 12:08 AM Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 132 G goofy member goofy member G Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 132 Since English thruout its history has had this thing where the comparative and superlative of good are supplied by better and best, and German has it too, I'd say it happened sometime before any Germanic languages were written down. Last edited by goofy; 04/22/10 12:10 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted comparative and superlative of well, etc. cambridgefred 04/21/10 11:23 PM Re: comparative and superlative of well, etc. zmjezhd 04/22/10 12:06 AM Re: comparative and superlative of well, etc. goofy 04/22/10 12:08 AM Re: comparative and superlative of well, etc. zmjezhd 04/22/10 12:42 AM Re: comparative and superlative of well, etc. BranShea 04/22/10 04:37 PM Re: comparative and superlative of well, etc. zmjezhd 04/23/10 02:25 AM Re: comparative and superlative of well, etc. goofy 04/23/10 02:42 AM Re: comparative and superlative of well, etc. Jackie 04/23/10 12:08 AM Re: comparative and superlative of well, etc. zmjezhd 04/23/10 02:26 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,364 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 596 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,558 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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