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To: Bella_Bru
Probably because nighest and nigher sound a little odd.

Actually it's irregular, like good-better-best.

It's nigh-near-next.

79 posted on 06/01/2005 10:12:36 AM PDT by wideawake (God bless our brave troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
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To: wideawake

And that's why it sounded odd when I looked at it on Dictionary.com. They have nigher and nighest listed.


84 posted on 06/01/2005 10:16:51 AM PDT by Bella_Bru (In Mercuristan, such questions are not tolerated.)
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