Timeline for Is there a comparative form of the word "different?" [closed]
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| Dec 9, 2011 at 20:44 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Voting to reopen. I'm not sure how much can be added to John's answer, though I'd like to know if there's any more on the guiding principle as to which two-syllable words can take -er, -est. But just because Wiktionary happens to define the comparative doesn't mean this Q is trivial. | |
| Dec 9, 2011 at 20:15 | comment | added | RegDwigнt | en.wiktionary.org/wiki/different#Adjective | |
| Dec 9, 2011 at 20:15 | history | closed | RegDwigнt | general reference | |
| Dec 9, 2011 at 20:07 | history | edited | Daniel |
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| Dec 9, 2011 at 19:11 | answer | added | John Lawler | timeline score: 3 | |
| Dec 9, 2011 at 18:58 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I think the general rule is that only words of one syllable, and some two-syllable words, can form superlatives by appending -er and -est. Arguably, "different" is two-and-a-half syllables, so it doesn't meet the requirement. The superlatives are therefore more different, and most different, to the extent that such terms can meaningfully be used as adjectival phrases. | |
| Dec 9, 2011 at 18:55 | answer | added | Barrie England | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 9, 2011 at 18:50 | history | asked | Lynn | CC BY-SA 3.0 |