Advice for a semi-unique path? Media, politics, and law. Forum

[ThePhoenix]

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[WheatThins]

Finally, my apologies to the grammar mavens of the world for my thread title. I know unique doesn't take qualifiers.

I'm not so sure I agree. Think about it this way. Imagine you are in a room with 100 identical, lime green balls. After sifting through the balls you find one of the same size, but it is shamrock green. You keep searching through this room to find a much bigger, oddly shaped red ball. The shamrock green ball and the red ball are both unique. However, you could say that the red ball is more unique (as compared to the rest of the room) than the shamrock ball.

The red ball can be said to be very unique, while the shamrock ball is merely a little unique.

[pertristis]

Finally, my apologies to the grammar mavens of the world for my thread title. I know unique doesn't take qualifiers.

You used the Oxford comma. That's all I care about.

[ThePhoenix]

Yes, I love the Oxford comma.

As for the unique rule, it's not one that I'm a huge fan of, but I assent to it and move on, focusing my grumbling on more important points of grammar, like use of the Oxford comma.

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Meanwhile, bump for any input on the thread topic.

[SilverE2]

Yes, I love the Oxford comma.

As for the unique rule, it's not one that I'm a huge fan of, but I assent to it and move on, focusing my grumbling on more important points of grammar, like use of the Oxford comma.

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Meanwhile, bump for any input on the thread topic.

I don't know, I'd rather just keep talking about grammar, to be honest.

[ThePhoenix]

I think I see the writing on the wall, but one last bump.