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Er, I didn't conflate them. I gave DUSK and DUSKY as two separate words to clarify why one has comparative adjectives and one does not. Not all adjectives are comparative, which you conveniently chose to ignore. I also don't think it's very 'graceful' to say that I am often wrong, but there we are. There is no such word as DUSKER or DUSKEST and I backed this up with evidence. If you choose to ignore that, or not look into it any further, that's your prerogative. --[[User:CountdownChloe|CountdownChloe]] ([[User talk:CountdownChloe|talk]]) 14:32, 27 August 2022 (UTC) | Er, I didn't conflate them. I gave DUSK and DUSKY as two separate words to clarify why one has comparative adjectives and one does not. Not all adjectives are comparative, which you conveniently chose to ignore. I also don't think it's very 'graceful' to say that I am often wrong, but there we are. There is no such word as DUSKER or DUSKEST and I backed this up with evidence. If you choose to ignore that, or not look into it any further, that's your prerogative. --[[User:CountdownChloe|CountdownChloe]] ([[User talk:CountdownChloe|talk]]) 14:32, 27 August 2022 (UTC) | ||
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| + | Sorry petal, but you're still wrong about this. | ||
| + | The Countdown rules CLEARLY state that with any monosyllabic adjective, the comparative and superlative forms are acceptable for play as a default. There is no grey area here. | ||
| + | You say "not all adjectives are comparative"... Is that so? The onus is now on you to provide a valid example of any monosyllabic adjective in the English language for which your statement is accurate. Ball's in your court. | ||
Revision as of 19:06, 27 August 2022
DUSKER
Sorry but I disagree that DUSKER is allowable. Not all adjectives are comparative, the fact they are monosyllabic does not change this principle. Correct examples of comparative and superlative would be DUSKY, DUSKIER, DUSKIEST. Monosyllabic or not, Oxford Dictionaries Premium almost always specifes adjectives in both comparative and superlative forms, but DUSKER is not specified. The historical OED also contains no examples of DUSKER in any of its records, which date back to 1225. In short, I do not believe there is such a word as DUSKER and Dent's decision was correct. --CountdownChloe (talk) 19:06, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
DUSKER is valid
Chloe, as is often the case, you are incorrect in your assertion. DUSKY is an adjective. Its comparative and superlative forms are DUSKIER and DUSKIEST respectively. DUSK is a separate adjective. Its comparative and superlative forms are DUSKER and DUSKEST respectively.
Understandable that Susie got this wrong, given how easy it is to conflate DUSK and DUSKY. That's probably how the error arose, just as your doubling down on her error arises from the same confusion. But the simple fact here is that Dent's call was wrong. Any remaining doubters must learn to accept this with good grace.
Er, I didn't conflate them. I gave DUSK and DUSKY as two separate words to clarify why one has comparative adjectives and one does not. Not all adjectives are comparative, which you conveniently chose to ignore. I also don't think it's very 'graceful' to say that I am often wrong, but there we are. There is no such word as DUSKER or DUSKEST and I backed this up with evidence. If you choose to ignore that, or not look into it any further, that's your prerogative. --CountdownChloe (talk) 14:32, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
Sorry petal, but you're still wrong about this. The Countdown rules CLEARLY state that with any monosyllabic adjective, the comparative and superlative forms are acceptable for play as a default. There is no grey area here. You say "not all adjectives are comparative"... Is that so? The onus is now on you to provide a valid example of any monosyllabic adjective in the English language for which your statement is accurate. Ball's in your court.
