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Re: Easiliest (was: Jovian's Verbs From Hell)

From:Padraic Brown <elemtilas@...>
Date:Saturday, August 31, 2002, 19:49
--- Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
wrote:

> Easiliest? Is that really an English word?
According to whom? According to Webster, no. It's probably in some dialect or other...
> It reminds me of a sentence in the fantasy series > "Neverwhere", in which Mr. > Vandemar says: "I will hurt you badly, and then I > will kill you even badlier!"
English is an amazingly pliant language this way. When the Prescriptivists are held at bay, anyway!
> Jan
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