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A syntactic “illusion” named for this term is exemplified by what Mario Montalbetti called “the most amazing */? (“asterisk slash question-mark”) sentence I’ve ever heard,” which is about people who have been to a place such as Berlin or Russia. Joseph Greenberg advocated a fringe method (10[1])named for a “multilateral” or “mass” form of this action. (10[1])The formation of “correspondence sets” is part of a multi-step (10[1])process of this name, (-5[1])which assumes the Neogrammarian hypothesis that sound changes are always regular; (10[1])that “method” is used to reconstruct proto-languages. (10[3])In Latin, (10[1])a form of this name is exemplified by the word melior, (10[2])which (10[1])evolved into the French (10[1])mieux (10[3])(“myuh”) and the Spanish mejor (-5[1])(“may-HOR”). For 10 points, give this term for the grammatical construction lesser in degree (10[1])than the superlative, (10[1])which (10[1])in English is often formed (10[1])by adding the suffix “-er.” ■END■ (10[2])

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