| The American Heritage® Book of English Usage. |
A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English. 1996.
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3. Word Choice: New Uses, Common Confusion, and Constraints
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| § 69. complete |
| Although complete is often held to be an absolute term like perfect or chief, and therefore not subject to comparison, it is actually often qualified as more or less. A majority of the Usage Panel accepts the example His book is the most complete treatment of the subject. For more on this, see
absolute terms under Grammar. | 1 |
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equal,
infinite,
parallel,
perfect, and
unique. | 2 |
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