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> Earle Horton wrote:
> > "UC" <uraniumcommitteechairman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> > >
> > > Earle Horton wrote:
> > > > "UC" <uraniumcommitteechairman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > > RafaMinu wrote:
> > > > > > Thanks for most of the corrections.
> > > > > > I don't see what's wromg with "it has none or very few and
> > > > > > far behind competitors", though...
> > > > >
> > > > > But I do, and I'm the native speaker. The native speaker is
always
> > > > > right. ALWAYS.
> > > >
> > > > This is a fine argument, except when two native speakers happen
> > > > to disagree, which happens often.
> > >
> > > But Rafa is not a native English speaker, I presume.
> >
> > You said "ALWAYS". If you and I were to disagree, we would have
> > to look at region, dialect, social class, schooling, age and a host of
other
> > factors, to decide who was right. It would be impossible to figure
out
> > without standardized dialects.
> >
> > It does look as if Rafa is ignorant of many of the more subtle
>
> '...subtler'...
>
> [Main Entry:subtle
> Pronunciation:*s*d.*l, *s*t*l
> Function:adjective
> Inflected Form:subtler \-d.*l*(r), -t(*)l*-\ ; subtlest \-d.*l*st,
> -t(*)l*-\ ]
>
English, both standard and colloquial, allows both the analytic and the
synthetic form of the comparative of many adjectives. See the Usage Note
at
http://www.bartleby.com/61/70/P0187000.html
if you don't believe me,
although the native speaker from Boston is always right.
Earle
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