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johnyzee
on Oct 30, 2008
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A programmer's view of the Universe, part 1: The f...
> people who aren't word people, tend to attribute superlatives to things that they like, and the word "literature" in particular is one that bugs me.
'Literature' is not a superlative.
unalone
on Oct 30, 2008
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It is in this context. At least, it is if you look at "literature" as sort of the end-all compliment for a piece of writing. A lot of it, as I said below, has to do with the way you look at the terms.
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'Literature' is not a superlative.