Paul,
   If you think of ONE meaning of "unique" being "not typical" or
"unusual", then very is a natural intensifier. My Random House
Webster's College Dictionary uses very in one its examples. "She has a
very unique ability to inspire people."  It also lists four other
definitions that have singularity as a core meaning, and in those cases
very
 >


Doesn't the 'each' automatically make the 'other' singular?
>
>   Paul D.
>
>   Speaking of redundancy, my students often struggle against the notion
> that "very unique" doesn't make sense to me.
>
> stein <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>    Here is your posting Joanne.
>   Thank you, Herb and Paul for responding to my question.
>   Dalia
>   -------Original Message-------
>
>     From: Johanna Rubba
>   Date: 03/15/06 02:51:00
>   To: stein
>   Cc: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
>   Subject: Re: Blue Color; each other
>
>
>   Dalia,
>
>   I wonder if you could post this for me:  (Thanks!)
>
>   "I like  the blue color" could be another example of the tendency
>   towards redundant expressions which seems to be strong in English right
>   now. My students often write things like "equally as good"; there's the
>   old "refer back"; "both my sister and brother share this tendency"; and
>   others that don't come readily to mind.  I can imagine someone
>   responding to a question like "Which color shirt do you like best?"
>   with "The blue color." "Color" links the answer to the question, and
>   puts the queried word ("which color") in the answer.
>
>   I also have a query about "each other" -- how do we make it possessive,
>   as in
>
>   "They are always snooping into each other's business."  Should it be <
>   each others' > ? I keep doing a Gestalt  shift on this; right now the
>   first one looks right. How about a clear more-than-two:
>
>   "The students then proofread each other's papers." Here, the <'s> looks
>   wrong; the coreference with the plural "students" is getting in the
>   way.
>
>   Dr. Johanna Rubba, Associate Professor, Linguistics
>   Linguistics Minor Advisor
>   English Department
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