Re: [PERFORM] superlative missuse

2009-05-14 Thread Craig James
David Wilson wrote: On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Angel Alvarez wrote: we suffer a 'more optimal' superlative missuse there is not so 'more optimal' thing but a simple 'better' thing. im not native english speaker but i think it still applies. Well this a superlative list so all of you

Re: [PERFORM] superlative missuse

2009-05-14 Thread David Wilson
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Craig James wrote: > I disagree -- it's a glaring error.  "More optimized" or "better optimized" > are perfectly good, and correct, phrases.  Why not use them?  Every time I > read "more optimal," I am embarrassed for the person who is showing his/her > ignorance

Re: [PERFORM] superlative missuse

2009-05-13 Thread Angel Alvarez
El Miércoles, 13 de Mayo de 2009 Tom Lane escribió: > Chris Browne writes: > > cl...@uah.es (Angel Alvarez) writes: > >> there is not so 'more optimal' thing but a simple 'better' thing. > > > If I wanted to be pedantic about it, I'd say that the word "nearly" is > > missing. > > > That is, it

Re: [PERFORM] superlative missuse

2009-05-13 Thread Tom Lane
Chris Browne writes: > cl...@uah.es (Angel Alvarez) writes: >> there is not so 'more optimal' thing but a simple 'better' thing. > If I wanted to be pedantic about it, I'd say that the word "nearly" is > missing. > That is, it would be "strictly correct" if one instead said "more > nearly optim

Re: [PERFORM] superlative missuse

2009-05-13 Thread Chris Browne
cl...@uah.es (Angel Alvarez) writes: > more optimal plan... > morreoptimal configuration... > > we suffer a 'more optimal' superlative missuse > > there is not so 'more optimal' thing but a simple 'better' thing. > > im not native english speaker but i think it still applies. If I wanted to be p

Re: [PERFORM] superlative missuse

2009-05-12 Thread David Wilson
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Angel Alvarez wrote: > we suffer a 'more optimal' superlative missuse > > there is  not so 'more optimal' thing but a simple 'better' thing. > > im not native english speaker but i think it still applies. > > Well this a superlative list so all of you deserve a be

[PERFORM] superlative missuse

2009-05-12 Thread Angel Alvarez
Dear List mates, more optimal plan... morreoptimal configuration... we suffer a 'more optimal' superlative missuse there is not so 'more optimal' thing but a simple 'better' thing. im not native english speaker but i think it still applies. Well this a superlative list so all of you deserve