Re: superlative missuse

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El Miércoles, 13 de Mayo de 2009 Tom Lane escribió:
> Chris Browne <cbbrowne@xxxxxxx> writes:
> > clist@xxxxxx (Angel Alvarez) writes:
> >> there is  not so 'more optimal' thing but a simple 'better' thing.
> 
> > If I wanted to be pedantic about it, I'd say that the word "nearly" is
> > missing.
> 
> > That is, it would be "strictly correct" if one instead said "more
> > nearly optimal."
> 
> This sort of construction is longstanding practice in English anyway.
> The most famous example I can think of offhand is in the US
> Constitution: "... in order to form a more perfect union ..."

Wooa!!

So "Tom lane for President" still applies!! :-)

Thanks all of you. 

> 
> 			regards, tom lane
> 



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