what is wrong with saying this word?
2007-10-28 02:50:55 · 17 answers · asked by misslawyer5461 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Thank you ghouly05 for your answer. I can't select best answer yet but I will tommorow :)
2007-10-28 02:56:48 · update #1
If it's perfect, it can't be any better. There is no perfecter or perfectest.
I know people use "more" and "most" perfect, but those gradations don't make sense either. It's perfect to start with. It can't get better.
2007-10-28 02:54:36 · answer #1 · answered by ghouly05 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Perfect is an absolute and a thing can only be perfect or not perfect - there are no graduations of meaning.
However speaking is different to writing and in my opinion you can say pretty much anything you like as long as the other person understands. An example is "He is my bestest friend" bad written English but everyone ubderstands exactly what you mean
2007-10-28 03:14:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is gramatically incorrect. What's wrong with saying it is that it is gramatically incorrect.
2007-10-28 08:48:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it is 'most perfect.'
I do not know who's in chrage of English grammar rules. All that I know is that it is grammatically incorrect.
2007-10-28 03:30:14 · answer #4 · answered by cidyah 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In what context are you trying to use this word? Perfect from perfectus (latin) is complete, finished. It denotes a completed act. If it is complete then it cannot be more.
2007-10-28 03:04:01 · answer #5 · answered by stef 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you really mean Prefect, (as in those sad sods that organised us lesser mortals at school), then it has no gender.
Prefects are male and female.
2007-10-28 03:15:32 · answer #6 · answered by efes_haze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is incorrect
you cannot make comparative and superlative out of some adjectives
eg perfect, unique
2007-10-28 12:33:35 · answer #7 · answered by rosie recipe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most perfect.
2007-10-28 02:58:38 · answer #8 · answered by sursumcorda 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it is 'most perfect'. There is another word I know 'perfectionist'.
2007-10-28 03:54:57 · answer #9 · answered by Lelaki Curious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not even a word, as far as I know. Or is your spelling shot to pieces?
2007-10-28 03:54:17 · answer #10 · answered by Boudicca 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋