I was reading a news article today which used a type of word combination that struck as simultaneously strange and yet, commonplace.
The words were: "more uncontrollable".
Uncontrollable seems to me to denote an absolute state of affairs. I mean absolute in the sense that it does not denote a limited degree of control or uncontrollability... it is plainly an simply "uncontrollable". So is it correct to contextualize give a limited proportion to such a word by adding the term "more" or "less" before it? Or is there another way of expressing this?
The words were: "more uncontrollable".
Uncontrollable seems to me to denote an absolute state of affairs. I mean absolute in the sense that it does not denote a limited degree of control or uncontrollability... it is plainly an simply "uncontrollable". So is it correct to contextualize give a limited proportion to such a word by adding the term "more" or "less" before it? Or is there another way of expressing this?
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