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- ↑ "Double comparatives | Yale Grammatical Diversity Project: English in North America". ygdp.yale.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ↑ Murphy, Sean (2016-11-08). "Is 'more better' a mistake if Shakespeare said it?". Encyclopaedia of Shakespeare's Language. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ↑ Norma J. Engberg, "The Most Unkindest Cut of All"— Shakespeare's Use of Multiple Decrees of Adjective and Adverb Comparison Download link
- ↑ Fagan, James; Griffiths, Franny; Parle, Andy; Scott, Tommy (27 May 1996). Female of the Species. Gut Records.
- ↑ Middleton, Joe (23 May 2023). "World must prepare for disease more deadlier than Covid, WHO chief warns". The Independent . Retrieved 11 November 2023.