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To: LoneClone who wrote (24308)	11/3/2006 3:45:38 PM
From: Chuckles_Bee	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 78419

"Very unique" is not meaningless. —Usage note Many authors of usage guides, editors, teachers, and others feel strongly that such “absolute” words as complete, equal, perfect, and especially unique cannot be compared because of their “meaning”: a word that denotes an absolute condition cannot be described as denoting more or less than that absolute condition. However, all such words have undergone semantic development and are used in a number of senses, some of which can be compared by words like more, very, most, absolutely, somewhat, and totally and some of which cannot.The earliest meanings of unique when it entered English around the beginning of the 17th century were “single, sole” and “having no equal.” By the mid-19th century unique had developed a wider meaning, “not typical, unusual,” and it is in this wider sense that it is compared: The foliage on the late-blooming plants is more unique than that on the earlier varieties. The comparison of so-called absolutes in senses that are not absolute is standard in all varieties of speech and writing.See also a,1 complete, perfect. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. dictionary.reference.com Regards, CB.

To: LoneClone who wrote (24308)	11/3/2006 5:36:09 PM
From: Gib Bogle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78419

Don't apologize, give him hell. He deserves it for telling me about MMGG in April instead of waiting until October.

To: LoneClone who wrote (24308)	11/3/2006 6:10:47 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 78419

LC, I had an english teacher who felt the same way about the term unique. However, the meaning of unique is changing per majority colloquial request-lol. And we do live in a sort of democracy. It does make sense to say something is more or less unique it seems to me. What synonym would you use to replace it. Is "very unusual" a better description than very unique? The two words that are really misused are:"peruse", it means the exact oppoiste of what people think; and myriad. People always say a myriad of things and it should be myriad things.

To: LoneClone who wrote (24308)	11/3/2006 9:12:24 PM
From: Mr. Aloha	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 78419

dictionary.reference.com unique u?nique /yu'nik/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[yoo-neek] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –adjective 1. existing as the only one or as the sole example; single; solitary in type or characteristics: a unique copy of an ancient manuscript. 2. having no like or equal; unparalleled; incomparable: Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint. 3. limited in occurrence to a given class, situation, or area: a species unique to Australia. 4. limited to a single outcome or result; without alternative possibilities: Certain types of problems have unique solutions. 5. not typical; unusual: She has a very unique smile. –noun 6. the embodiment of unique characteristics; the only specimen of a given kind: The unique is also the improbable. I say if something's in the definition of a word at dictionary.com, it's fair to use it for a stock message board. Maybe not for LC's classroom, but there are definitely far worse misuses of language here... :)