clist(at)uah(dot)es (Angel Alvarez) writes:
> more optimal plan...
> morreoptimal configuration...
>
> we suffer a 'more optimal' superlative missuse
>
> there is not so 'more optimal' thing but a simple 'better' thing.
>
> im not native english speaker but i think it still applies.
If I wanted to be pedantic about it, I'd say that the word "nearly" is
missing.
That is, it would be "strictly correct" if one instead said "more
nearly optimal."
I don't imagine people get too terribly confused by the lack of the
word "nearly," so I nearly don't care :-).
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