most/least + superlative

Submitted by György Chityil ... on Sun, 12/02/2012 - 22:34

Language English

Hierarchy:

Adjective

Part:

Sentence

Scope:

POS

Features:

(current.text == "most" || current.text == "least") && next.is_superlative_adjective

Suggestion:

next.text

Description:

A type of faulty comparison is the double superlative when a superlative ending in "est" follows words like "most" or "least". For example, instead of "most brightest" you would say brightest.

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