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Look, dumbass, under "Inflected Form":
Main Entry: stupid Pronunciation:*st(y)*p*d Function:adjective Inflected Form:-er/-est Etymology:Middle French stupide, from Latin stupidus, from stup*re to be benumbed, be astonished, be stupefied; akin to Greek typtein to beat, strike * more at TYPE 1 a : slow of mind : UNIMAGINATIVE, OBTUSE, INSENSITIVE *came to regard them as stupid, sensual, veritable children of Adam- V.L.Parrington* *will defy the most phlegmatic and stupid spectator to behold it without admiration- Tobias Smollett* *bellowed into his ear as if he were deaf instead of stupid- Anthony Trollope* b : given to unintelligent decisions or acts : UNTHINKING, IRRATIONAL *while he may be wrong T he is never stupid- G.W.Johnson* *consider myself at least stupid for not having profited from many opportunities- Emery Neff* *reality is right under your stupid nose- Lionel Trilling* c : lacking intelligence or reasoning power : BRUTISH *getting the better of stupider beasts- G.A.Morgan* 2 a : dulled in feeling or sensation : being in a state of stupor : TORPID *stupid with drink- Sherwood Anderson* *stupid with the lust of gain and the sloth of slavery- Van Wyck Brooks* *let fall the stupid inanimate limbs of the gone wretch- George Meredith* b : incapable of feeling or sensation : INANIMATE *nothing is quite so stupid as a fact- A.L.Gu*rard* *the stupid rain came down in buckets- J.W.Ellison b.1929* 3 : marked by or resulting from dullness or unintelligent thinking : SENSELESS *a stupid refusal to be realistic- W.F.Hambly* *appalling capacity of collective man for stupid, blind, self-destructive behavior- H.J.Muller* *takes everything seriously in a stupid and unimaginative fashion- K.T.Bluth* *it is stupid to wait until a probable enemy has gained a foothold from which to attack- F.D.Roosevelt* 4 : lacking interest or point : DREARY, BORING *went to an awfully stupid evening T Monday night- Rachel Henning* *would not have minded his going to this stupid lunch- A.J.Cronin* *a really stupid performance* 5 dialect England : OBSTINATE, MULISH synonyms DULL, DENSE, CRASS, DUMB: STUPID applies to a sluggish, slow-witted want of intelligence or comprehension, often congenital or accustomed; it may apply to a senseless, benumbed, or dazed condition *so stupid and so obstinate that it was impossible to get him to do or understand anything- Anthony Trollope* *stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone- Scott Fitzgerald* *sleepy and stupid after a broken night and a hard day's work- Dorothy Sayers* DULL strongly implies sluggish labored slowness of mind, with utter lack of quickness, brightness, or liveliness *a dull, ambitionless, vegetating individual- J.A.Brussel* *with its impotent ruling classes and its dull and puritanical middle classes- Edward Shils* DENSE applies to a blockheaded thick imperviousness or insensitive obtuseness *she never offered to take me over the house, though I gave her the broadest hints * she's very dense- Clive Arden* CRASS suggests a fatheaded grossness precluding delicacy, discrimination, or refinement *in deep disgust at the farrier's crass incompetence to apprehend the conditions of ghostly phenomena- George Eliot* *a crass bonehead capable of sneering at the progress of the human race- Don Marquis* DUMB may apply to an imperceptive vexatious obtuseness *that the nutmegs were easily sold and eagerly bought is beside the story; the wonder is that we Southerners were so dumb, we did not know the difference- Erskine Caldwell* *I guess I was pretty dumb that morning, but a fellow in love never sees beyond his own nose- Vicki Baum* Neil Ellwood wrote: On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 07:08:28 -0700, uraniumcommittee wrote: One and MANY two-syllable words are inflected by 'er', 'est', especially when ending in 'y'. Common, commoner, commonest... Happy, happier, happiest... Clever, cleverer, cleverest. Stupid, stupider, stupidest... Silly, sillier, silliest... See: http://www.edu.pe.ca/vrcs/studentwor...omparative.htm This is of course another proof that you do not know what you are talking about. The word you made up (stupider) does not come in the list and couldn't as it doesn't exist. Look up the rules of grammar to see when to use the others and with a bit of luck you might start talking sense which would be a first. -- neil delete delete to reply |
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![]() wrote in message oups.com... One and MANY two-syllable words are inflected by 'er', 'est', especially when ending in 'y'. Common, commoner, commonest... Happy, happier, happiest... Clever, cleverer, cleverest. Stupid, stupider, stupidest... Silly, sillier, silliest... See: http://www.edu.pe.ca/vrcs/studentwor...omparative.htm To quote from the very link you posted: "You can form most comparisons by adding either -er or -est or by using more or most with it. For one-syllable words, add -er or -est; others require more or most or less ore least. For three-syllable or longer words, use more/most or less/least." Thanks for finding tht for me, I couldn't find. And thank you for making my point about "stupider" for me, too... Main Entry: stupid Function:adjective Inflected Form:-er/-est Interesting. I was always taught that not to use the inflection on words of more than one syllable, and I still feel, despite the evidence, that in this case particularly, "more stupid" sounds less stupid than "stupider." BTW, thanks so much for your erudite little email of yesterday, I feel so much more complete now. Sheesh, what's the matter, Mikey, not getting enough? How dare you criticize my knowledge of English, and when confronted with authoritative support, refuse to acknowledge it? Pig! What the heck do you thing the above was??? Have you completely lost your ability to read??? But the link you posted refutes what you said, anyway, so the point is moot. Skip Middleton http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com |
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Almost ALL one-sylallable words and most two-syllable words form the
comparative and superlative by inflection. Skip M wrote: wrote in message oups.com... One and MANY two-syllable words are inflected by 'er', 'est', especially when ending in 'y'. Common, commoner, commonest... Happy, happier, happiest... Clever, cleverer, cleverest. Stupid, stupider, stupidest... Silly, sillier, silliest... See: http://www.edu.pe.ca/vrcs/studentwor...omparative.htm To quote from the very link you posted: "You can form most comparisons by adding either -er or -est or by using more or most with it. For one-syllable words, add -er or -est; others require more or most or less ore least. For three-syllable or longer words, use more/most or less/least." Thanks for finding tht for me, I couldn't find. And thank you for making my point about "stupider" for me, too... Main Entry: stupid Function:adjective Inflected Form:-er/-est Interesting. I was always taught that not to use the inflection on words of more than one syllable, and I still feel, despite the evidence, that in this case particularly, "more stupid" sounds less stupid than "stupider." BTW, thanks so much for your erudite little email of yesterday, I feel so much more complete now. Sheesh, what's the matter, Mikey, not getting enough? How dare you criticize my knowledge of English, and when confronted with authoritative support, refuse to acknowledge it? Pig! What the heck do you thing the above was??? Have you completely lost your ability to read??? But the link you posted refutes what you said, anyway, so the point is moot. You're even stupider than it is possible for a human being to be. You're now approaching slug-stupidity. Skip Middleton http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com |
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