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)
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.)
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.)
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.)
To: pnh102
24 posted on
09/01/2010 12:59:43 AM PDT by
Cheburashka
(Barack Obama: the vuvuzela of presidents.)
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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