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Not all comparatives are legal: I follow "Countdown" rules! 
[Note for non-UK residents]
"Countdown" is an afternoon TV program involving words and numbers: it was the first programme to show on UK Channel4 when it opened and has been going ever since. It uses the OED for word verification, and if it isn't explicitly in there, it's not allowed. There is a very good chance that nearly the entire population of teh UK has watched it at some point and knows (roughly) what the rules are!
http://wiki.apterous.org/Disputed_words[^]
[\Note for non-UK residents]
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OriginalGriff wrote: Not all comparatives are legal:
What exactly do you mean by that? Some adjectives can't build one word comparatives so one uses "more" before it like "unusual" for example. I could imagine there are adjectives that should not use any comparative at all. The word "exact" would be one of my choices. Either something is exact or it isn't, for me that is kind of an absolutum.
Cheers!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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This is English we are talking about! Logic has nothing to do with it, just usage.
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Caligula ? 
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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So all of you, get in there and vote on the really important subject: Vote Britain![^] - non-UK nationals allowed, I think.
And it's a damn cheek: I wanted the chicken. Tastes lovely.
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"This webpage is not available"
(not this, but that!)
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I think it's busy (it was on the BBC news this morning) and didn't anticipate the traffic levels.
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OriginalGriff wrote: I think it's busy
Good that something in this country is today.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I suspect the counters are going to be pretty busy later on...
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Vote casted, seems they fixed it 
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
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Bar counters...
veni bibi saltavi
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Can not access website 
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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Didn't know that Maunder had implemented automagic spelling correction on post titles. Awesome!
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OriginalGriff wrote: So all of you, get in there and vote on the really important subject: Vote Britain![^] - non-UK nationals allowed, I think.
Clearly it's http://www.votenationalbird.co.uk/[^]
How silly would it be not to have a .co.uk address for a national poll 
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I thought chicken was French.
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Are you pouling my leg?
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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No but we all are raven about this vote.
Life is too shor
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We could combine the two votes, and elect a Great Tit.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Great Tit.
Good Ol' Griff, always staying abreast of things.
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I see that Samantha Fox isn't among the contenders.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I registered to vote for the first time in my life ( they really shouldn't allow you to register on-line, I'm sometimes drunk when on-line). But now it's done I really don't know who to vote for. To my dismay I can't vote for Nicola Sturgeon - so now I'm stuck.
Apparently thousands of men died so we can have this choice. If they could see the choice we have I don't think any of them would have bothered.
So where do I/you put your 'X'?
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P0mpey3 wrote: But now it's done I really don't know who to vote fo
Let me help. Eenie meenie miney mo...
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I don't think Jezza is standing. If he was, he'd get my vote...
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Vote for whoever will press for Firefly to be brought back.
Priorities is priorities.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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