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To: Bella_Bru

I often see it spelled "ny." And so few people realize that nigh has a comparative and a superlative.


71 posted on 06/01/2005 10:08:52 AM PDT by wideawake (God bless our brave troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
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To: wideawake

Probably because nighest and nigher sound a little odd.


77 posted on 06/01/2005 10:11:16 AM PDT by Bella_Bru (In Mercuristan, such questions are not tolerated.)
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