Closed rhdunn closed 6 months ago
Where are we with less
and least
to little
? It sounded like there wasn't much interest in making that change.
Maybe to avoid the little--less vs little--littler dilemma, you should remind us that it is the ADV little that is the lemma of the ADV less and ADV least but not the ADJ little. ;)
Does that apply to other adverbial adjectives as well (worst, farthest, furthest, best) , or is it just little that is the exception w.r.t. not lemmatizing the comparative/superlative degree to the positive degree? -- This is so I can update my lemma checker to determine the correct lemma.
I see that "farther" is JJR or RBR and has "far" as its lemma. It's just that the relationship of "little" to "less"/"least" is a bit iffy or perhaps context-dependent, so GUM and EWT are keeping "less" and "least" as lemmas despite their comparative/superlative status.
The CorrectForm
for xferring
should be transferring
, not transfer
.
Thanks, just updated that
incorrect verb morphology
less -> little
least -> little