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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

gradation of adjectives

is it ok to say the most dirty instead the dirtiest? thanks
  

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Anonymous is it ok to say the most dirty instead the dirtiest? Yes. It really depends on how the comparative fits into the stress flow of the sentence.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous is it ok to say the most dirty instead the dirtiest?
  • Yes.
  • It really depends on how the comparative fits into the stress flow of the sentence.
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Anonymousis it ok to say the most dirty instead the dirtiest?
Yes. It really depends on how the comparative fits into the stress flow of the sentence.
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I see. Well let's say that we have a sentence like this - You have got the most dirty T-shirt in the world! change it now.
does this sound ok?
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AnonymousYou have got the most dirty T-shirt in the world!
It sounds OK, but most people would say 'dirtiest'.
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Thanks, and is it ok from the gamatical point of view? I'm asking because I never heard the most dirty before as far as graduation of adjectives in concerned. Normaly it goes like this - dirty, dirtier, the dirtiest. But again the most dirty is also present and quite often heard.
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Anonymousis it ok from the gamatical point of view?
Yes. Two-syllable adjectives usually have the option available.
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