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To: Cardhu

When did “cleverer” become a word.


2 posted on 08/31/2010 11:20:27 PM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: pnh102

Right afterer stupiderer did....:)


3 posted on 08/31/2010 11:23:14 PM PDT by Salamander (And I think I need some rest but sleeping don't come very easy in a straight white vest.)
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To: pnh102
When did “cleverer” become a word.

Some boy came up with it. ;-)

17 posted on 09/01/2010 12:18:47 AM PDT by Allegra (Pablo is very wily.)
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To: pnh102

I was trying to figure that one out myself.


19 posted on 09/01/2010 12:29:08 AM PDT by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
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To: pnh102
When did “cleverer” become a word.

According to this online dictionary, before 1615.

http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/cleverer?cx=partner-pub-0939450753529744%3Av0qd01-tdlq&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=UTF-8&q=cleverer&sa=Search#922

24 posted on 09/01/2010 12:59:43 AM PDT by Cheburashka (Barack Obama: the vuvuzela of presidents.)
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To: pnh102
When did “cleverer” become a word.

About the same time that "smarter" became a word. And remember, this is from the UK. Their English usage is a bit different from ours.

Some adjectives use "more" and "most," some use -er and -est to indicate relative degrees of the quality being described.

Although we don't usually say "stupider" and "stupidest," the title of a Christopher Moore book, "The Stupidest Angel" works better than "The Most Stupid Angel."
34 posted on 09/01/2010 4:17:22 AM PDT by aruanan
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