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Why and When 'Very Unique' Is Wrong. Capitalizing 'Delta Variant' (or Not). Happy to You.

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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Introduction

The word unique means one of a kind, but the way people use it has been shifting. For example, here are some real life sentences from british and american speakers. She is completely unique. That comes from a video describing the then star of the royal ballet in london. Or it needs to be more unique than that, listen for that in the film inception. Or even most uniquely, which comes from avideo about andy bags. In all three examples, the word unique has been modified either by anis r adverb, completely, as in completely unique, or by a comparative or superlative, more and most, as in moreunique and most unique.

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