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Aug 10, 2002, 12:02am

[View Quote] > "Worst"
> would understand the context. Go back and reread it. I was referring to your
> spelling differences (hence why I said "those are spelling differences").
> The difference between "worse" and "worst" isn't JUST one of spelling but of
> intensity also.
>
> Move on through, that's not what it says. Read it again yourself.
> "...those are spelling differences, not intensity differences. 'Worst' is
> more extreme than 'worse'." By using extreme you're saying that are
> different intensities, but in the sentence earlier your just said they're
> not different in intensity. I think you put the "not" in the wrong spot.

Nope, my grammar is fine; you simply don't understand it. I am making a distinction between spelling and intensity differences in reference to what you, again, obviously didn't read:

"They are interchangable. Much like the British colour and the American color, honour -- honor, etc."

The British and American spelling differences are what I'm referring to. Duh.

> says "worse" is a comparative
> (http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=comparative) while "worst"
> is a superlative
> (http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=superlative).
>
> That's nice, did you put in worse and worst themselves? It shows identicle
> information even using that as one of my "wacky dictionaries". Right on.

Wrong on; you don't seem to have very good reading comprehension, Bowen. Agent already explained this.

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