RE: The Edge of Greatness? (was "Errors")

["Melissa Nelson" <melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

If this is slightly off-topic I am sorry...but I just had to mention the 
fact that I shall now be singing the Preamble to the Constitution, ala 
School House Rock, for the rest of the day. :)  Fortunately for my 
co-workers, this singing is only taking place in my head, as there are a 
vast number of things "more perfect" than my singing voice!

Constitutionally Yours,

Melissa




>From: "Andrew Warren" To: "Keith Hansen" , Subject: RE: The Edge of 
>Greatness? (was "Errors") Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 12:01:46 -0700
>
>Keith Hansen wrote:
>
> > Of course, the U.S. Founding Fathers weren't perfect in grammar either. 
> > In the Preamble to the Constitution, we read: > > "We the people of the 
>United States, in order to form a more perfect > union..." > > Perfect is 
>perfect. It's as far as you can go. You can't have something > be more 
>perfect, can you?
>
>Keith:
>
>A strong argument can be made that this example, because it's in such a 
>reputable document, helps to MAKE the usage of "more perfect" acceptable.
>
>You may find the American Heritage Dictionary's "perfect" usage notes 
>interesting; they're here:
>
>     http://www.thefreedictionary.com/perfect
>
>and the usage notes for "absolute", "equal", and "unique" expand on the 
>idea:
>
>     http://www.thefreedictionary.com/absolute     
>http://www.thefreedictionary.com/equal     
>http://www.thefreedictionary.com/unique
>
>-Andrew
>
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