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Thread #154300   Message #3620488
Posted By: MGM·Lion
20-Apr-14 - 05:38 AM
Thread Name: BS: English Grandma
Subject: RE: BS: English Grandma
The use of the double comparative or superlative [as in "more stupider", "most highest", &c] is now regarded as taulogously incorrect, but formerly, in Early Modern English [from about 16 to early-18 Cs], was commonly, and correctly, used for emphasis. Examples will be found in Shakspere.

~M~