Word Matters
Word Matters
Merriam-Webster, New England Public Media
11. Can something be 'very unique'?
22 minutes Posted Oct 7, 2020 at 4:00 am.
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Most adjectives can be ranked — something can be good, better, or best — but are there some that can't? Are some adjectives already absolute? Does the English language love to confuse and beguile? We'll get into that, plus the tricky usage of _than_ in phrases like "than I" and "than me."

Hosted by Emily Brewster, Neil Serven, Ammon Shea, and Peter Sokolowski.

Produced in collaboration with New England Public Media.

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