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Old 03-Jul-2005, 04:02
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Originally Posted by M56
<So it seems that although "unnecessary" is an ungradable adjective, it can be modified with an extreme adverb. However, I would not do the same, for example, with "foremost". >

"Foremost" is clearly ungradable. It means "preceding all
others"; "un/necessary" is not clearly ungradeable because it is an used in subjective evaluation. It has modality.

Yeah, I could tell. Ya know what I mean? Maybe?
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