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Spacedunce-5 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Incomparable adjectives

True or false: none of the adjectives beginning with a negative prefix and ending in -able/-ible have a comparative/superlative form.
  

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False: that is the most unbelievable rule I have ever heard.

  • False: that is the most unbelievable rule I have ever heard.
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False: that is the most unbelievable rule I have ever heard.
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Well, ok, then is the word "unforgettable" comparable?
How about "inevitable"?
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Reader's Digest still carries a column called 'My Most Unforgettable Character'. I suppose that some situation or other may call choosing for 'least inevitable' ending-- the point is that many so-called nongradable adjectives are in fact used in a graded fashion. Just look at the effort that is made to keep speakers from grading the most obviously non-gradables like 'unique' and 'alive'.
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Thanks.

Just a quick followup: perfect?
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