Worse and worse

[Joel S. Berson]

At 3/16/2011 10:06 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>I can't offer a citation, but I've heard this logical reversal ("more X than
>the next" instead of "...the last") more than once.
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>Dyslogia?

I dunno -- the review sounds like a, um, pan to me.  Enjoyment
running downhill.

Joel


>JL
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>On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 8:11 AM, William Palmer <palmerwil at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Raleigh News & Observer food writer Andrea Weigl, describing her enjoyment
> > of a restaurant's various preparations of beets, summarized by noting that
> > "Each dish was more delicious than the next".
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