I remember a movie called "Children of a Lesser God" (1988?) where "Lesser" is an adjective.
Webster's collegiate: Lesser a. less; smaller; minor; as, the lesser prophets Lesser adv. less [Obs.] Mikel Forcada On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 15:56, Sergei Nirenburg wrote: > The politically correct way of saying this, > as far as I can tell, is "less commonly taught languages" > or "low density languages". > > Or maybe somebody wanted to honor our colleague > Victor Lesser of UMass. Though as far as I know > he has been using exclusively English... > > On Feb 10, 2005, at 9:27, Somers, Harold wrote: > > > This posting on behalf of YW, whose posting bounced. > > > From: Yorick WIlks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu Feb 10, 2005 2:23:17 PM Europe/London > > I cringe too but I think it may be right as "lesser" > is(necessarily) > an adverb modifying an adjective. The only guide I canremember > in > these things is the old adage (seeing as English doesnt > haveproper > rules like French and German) that "it is important toremember > that > the lesser spotted finch is actually larger than the > greaterspotted > finch". It probably wasnt "finch" either and was a letter > tothe Times > not a real adage. > Yorick Wilks > > > _______________________________________________ > Mt-list mailing list > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > Mt-list mailing list -- Mikel L. Forcada E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Departament de Llenguatges Phone: +34-96-590-9776 i Sistemes Inform�tics also +34-96-590-3772. UNIVERSITAT D'ALACANT Fax: +34-96-590-9326, -3464 E-03071 ALACANT, Spain. ................................. URL: http://www.dlsi.ua.es/~mlf/ --------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Please avoid sending me Word, Excel or PowerPoint attachments. Send them to me as plain text, HTML, CSV, Postscript or PDF instead. ............................................................... [!] Per favor, no m'envieu fitxers Word, Excel o PowerPoint adjunts. Envieu-me'ls com text pelat, HTML, CSV, Postscript o PDF. .............................................................. [Info? http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html] _______________________________________________ Mt-list mailing list
