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		<title>What&#8217;s happening to comparative adjectives?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know if anyone else has noticed, but the English seem to be losing the capacity to use comparative adjectives (hot, hotter, hottest) and are using &#8220;more hot&#8221; and &#8220;most hot&#8221;.  I was at a friend&#8217;s house last night, &#8230; <a href="http://www.perspicuousasmud.com/2009/09/15/whats-happening-to-comparative-adjectives">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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