Re: Language superiority, improvement, etc.

John Cowan wrote:
> "More perfect" in the U.S. Constitution uses the old sense "complete":
> a "more complete union" as opposed to the loose union provided by
> the Articles of Confederation.
But even so, complete is an absolute also.  Either something is complete
or its not, it's ungradable.  So, just as with "a very empty beach", it
means "coming closer to completion", "a more nearly complete union".

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