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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Fraught

fraught; fraughter; the fraughtest

Are the above comparison forms of the positive "fraught" right?
  

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Anonymous Are the above comparison forms of the positive "fraught" Yes, but they are not used. They are comparative forms of a past participle, and such forms are not used in English. Another example is written, writtener, writtenest .

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous Are the above comparison forms of the positive "fraught" Yes, but they are not used.
  • They are comparative forms of a past participle, and such forms are not used in English.
  • Another example is written, writtener, writtenest .
  • Another is caught, caughter, caughtest .
  • Past participles can be used as adjectives, but they don't inflect as intrinsically adjectival forms like 'hot' or 'old' or 'pretty' would inflect.
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AnonymousAre the above comparison forms of the positive "fraught"
Yes, but they are not used. They are comparative forms of a past participle, and such forms are not used in English. Another example is written, writtener, writtenest. Another is caught, caughter, caughtest. Past participles can be used as adjectives, but they don't inflect as
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CalifJimYes, but they are not used.
Thank you for the detailed explanation.
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