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| Subject: Re: The most unique | Date: 9/6/2006 7:36 PM | |
| Author: Bob78164 | Number: 743 of 756 | |
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aga2002 writes: [S]o what bothers you is that is should say "unique" without "the most" since unique already implies that there are no degrees to it? I reply: Yes. "Unique" is an absolute, and should not be modified. In the phrase I quoted, a far better word would have been "distinctive." --Bob |
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