Tuesday, April 27, 2010

English Usage - Comparatively - English editing.

The use of comparatively in contexts such as there were comparatively few casualties has been criticized in the past on the grounds that there is no explicit comparison being made. Even so, there is an implicit one, even if very vague: for instance, in the example above, the comparison is presumably with other incidents or battles. Comparatively has been used in this way since the early 19th century and to use it thus is acceptable in standard English.
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