Talk:freest

FREEST? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!? That is not a legitimate word. Thats like saying "bestest" or "most fastest". The only way to say "most free" is as is; most free. — This unsigned comment was added by 74.243.231.200 (talk).

What on earth gave you that idea? The word is completely standard and has been used by our best writers. Ƿidsiþ 19:15, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Compare google books:"freest" with google books:"most free" — the former is over twice as common as the latter according to that search engine. (deprecated template usage) Bestest and (deprecated template usage) most fastest are disanalogous, because (deprecated template usage) best and (deprecated template usage) fastest are already superlatives; (deprecated template usage) freest is like (deprecated template usage) best and (deprecated template usage) fastest, whereas (deprecated template usage) most free is like (deprecated template usage) most good and (deprecated template usage) most fast. It is a more-or-less hard-and-fast rule of English grammar that monosyllabic adjectives legitimately form comparatives and superlatives by suffixation with -er and -est, respectively. Your rude and fallacious objection has no basis. † ﴾^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr﴿ 19:21, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

I've unruded it a bit.Koro Neil (talk) 03:22, 29 November 2018 (UTC)