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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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An earliest stage?

Hi. Is the phrase "in an earliest stage," with the indefinite article before the superlative "earliest" correct in a certain context?

  

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anonymous Hi. Is the phrase "in an earliest stage," with the indefinite article before the superlative "earliest" correct in a certain context? I doubt it very much.

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anonymous

Hi. Is the phrase "in an earliest stage," with the indefinite article before the superlative "earliest" correct in a certain context?

I doubt it very much. an earliest stage implies there are several earliest stages, and earliest implies one stage which is earlier than all others, so it's contradictory. You prob