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March 15, 2010 - 8:10pm
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Jaku wrote:

skdadl wrote:

Please excuse the pedantry, but "rather unique" is an expression you maybe don't want to use any longer.

 

"Unique" does not take any qualifiers. It means "only one," so things can't be "very unique" or "sort of unique" or "rather unique." They are unique, or they aren't.

 Has no one ever told you...grammar flames are lame

Just trying to be helpful. Tomorrow, we'll do "unanimous." (Borges fans, be prepared.)

Has no one ever told you ...grammar flames are lame


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