Timeline for Good and bad - suppletive adjectives
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| Nov 16, 2012 at 7:22 | history | edited | tchrist♦ |
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| Aug 17, 2011 at 20:11 | history | edited | Otavio Macedo |
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| Aug 16, 2011 at 12:42 | comment | added | Joe Fawcett | No, although it's also true in other languages (not as a suppletive though). For example in Italian prossimo is often used for 'next' (to serve the following person waiting in a queue for example) and means nearest. | |
| Aug 16, 2011 at 12:12 | comment | added | Otavio Macedo | @JoeFawcett, I didn't know that. Is it felt as a superlative by native speakers? | |
| Aug 16, 2011 at 11:44 | comment | added | Joe Fawcett | There's also next, which I believe is the superlative form of nigh. | |
| Aug 16, 2011 at 0:34 | history | edited | Otavio Macedo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 15, 2011 at 11:29 | vote | accept | Otavio Macedo | ||
| Aug 14, 2011 at 13:14 | answer | added | Cerberus - Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 6 | |
| Aug 14, 2011 at 12:14 | comment | added | Alenanno | Related: Are there other verbs like "be" and "go"?. If you check the link in the answer there's also some other info about suppletion. | |
| Aug 14, 2011 at 11:52 | history | asked | Otavio Macedo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |