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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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Yeah one is either generally right or wrong. It's an absolute. It's like saying "more unique". Dictionaries like the American Heritage recognize "wronger" as a word but who ever uses that? MS Word's spell checker doesn't recognize it. Wronger is actually a noun, not an adjective. One who does wrong is a wronger. (Murder/murderer) "I shall smite the wrongers!"
(We do have righter and rightest but that implies the right hand side... "Which one is your girlfriend?" "The one on the right." "The fat chick?" "No! The righter of the two.")
We do something say things like "is it more wrong to steal a loaf of bread to feed your family or let them starve?"
I just assumed the use of "wrongest" was like using "ain't". We know it's not a legal word but given the topic, he was doing it for effect. |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Well I'm glad that's cleared that up. |
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Chillin' Villain
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: Goo Row
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| zesty, tangy goodness of the Shanghai Chicken Burger |
That thing rules. |
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