"like none other"

[Jonathan Lighter]

My guess as well.

JL

On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I'd guess that this usage came from not understanding the elliptical syntax
> of "like none other", and treating the entire opaque phrase as simply an
> emphasizer. Hm?
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