RE: The Edge of Greatness? (was "Errors")

["Andrew Warren" <awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com>]

Keith Hansen wrote:

> Of course, the U.S. Founding Fathers weren't perfect in grammar
either.
> In the Preamble to the Constitution, we read: 
> 
> "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect
> union..." 
> 
> Perfect is perfect. It's as far as you can go. You can't have
something
> be more perfect, can you?

Keith:

A strong argument can be made that this example, because it's in such a
reputable document, helps to MAKE the usage of "more perfect"
acceptable.

You may find the American Heritage Dictionary's "perfect" usage notes
interesting; they're here:

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/perfect

and the usage notes for "absolute", "equal", and "unique" expand on the
idea:

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/absolute
    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/equal
    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/unique

-Andrew

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