[Ads-l] healthier, n.
Joel Berson
berson at ATT.NET
Sat May 9 21:28:55 UTC 2015
From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Sent: Saturday, May 9, 2015 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: [ADS-L] healthier, n.
The relative novelty is the ready use of adjectival forms objectively as
well as subjectively.
Cf.
*The road to bigger is paved with good intentions.
I suggest that the construction would attract little notice today, outside
of the pedantic classes.
Where can I go to take one? I want to be a better.
JSB
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