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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread comparative and superlative of well, etc. #190657 04/21/2010 11:23 PM Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 1 cambridgefred stranger cambridgefred stranger Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 1 How did the comparative of "well" become "better"? At what point in history did this happen? The same with the superlative, "best'? Were there other, older forms that were dropped for some reason (weller, wellest)? 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 04/21/2010 11:23 PM Re: comparative and superlative of well, etc. zmjezhd 04/22/2010 12:06 AM Re: comparative and superlative of well, etc. goofy 04/22/2010 12:08 AM Re: comparative and superlative of well, etc. zmjezhd 04/22/2010 12:42 AM Re: comparative and superlative of well, etc. BranShea 04/22/2010 4:37 PM Re: comparative and superlative of well, etc. zmjezhd 04/23/2010 2:25 AM Re: comparative and superlative of well, etc. goofy 04/23/2010 2:42 AM Re: comparative and superlative of well, etc. Jackie 04/23/2010 12:08 AM Re: comparative and superlative of well, etc. zmjezhd 04/23/2010 2:26 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

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