Qualifiable favorite?

[Lynne Murphy]

--On Thursday, August 29, 2002 12:53 pm -0400 Laurence Horn
<laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:

> and don't forget our old friend, "most unique", "very unique", etc.
> Certainly "almost unique" is unobjectionable, but these superlatives
> have been objected to (and are also widely used).

Seems to me that you can also say 'least perfect', meaning 'worst'.  All
these absolutives are gradable to some degree, methinks.

Lynne


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