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Misuse of 'Unique' Seems 'More Inevitable'
Q: I've sometimes heard a future event described as being "more and more inevitable." Are there actually degrees of inevitability? -- Frank Greene, Glastonbury, Connecticut
A: No. "Inevitable" is one of about 30 common adjectives described by linguists as "uncomparables," that is, they have absolute meanings that can't be modified by adverbs....Read more