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Superlative

The word that does not form the
superlative in the same way as “craziest” in “We are the
craziest people in the world. We celebrate our tragedies.
What victory, what freedom are they talking about?”
(Unemployed schoolteacher Stojan Pontovski / Newsweek -
April 3, 2000)

a) far
b) little
c) clever
d) lovely
e) common
  

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The word that does not form the superlative in the same way as “craziest” in “We are the craziest people in the world. We celebrate our tragedies. ” (Unemployed schoolteacher Stojan Pontovski / Newsweek - April 3, 2000) a) far b) little c) clever d) lovely e) common

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  • The word that does not form the superlative in the same way as “craziest” in “We are the craziest people in the world.
  • We celebrate our tragedies.
  • ” (Unemployed schoolteacher Stojan Pontovski / Newsweek - April 3, 2000) a) far b) little c) clever d) lovely e) common
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The word that does not form the
superlative in the same way as “craziest” in “We are the
craziest people in the world. We celebrate our tragedies.
What victory, what freedom are they talking about?”
(Unemployed schoolteacher Stojan Pontovski / Newsweek -
April 3, 2000)

a) far
b) little
c) clever
d) lovely
e) common
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e) common. It's: common, more common, most common. Common, commoner, commonest is non-standard.
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Anonymouse) common. It's: common, more common, most common. Common, commoner, commonest is non-standard.
'Commoner' and 'commonest' are fine, if less frequently used than 'more/most common'.

However, 'littler' and 'littlest' are rare. Some people would say they are not standard English.. We use, depending on context, less/lesser/smaller and
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