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Originally Posted by Bob Eyres
Nope, Webster's definition of the word perfect is "without flaws".
To call something perfect when you acknowledge that it does have a flaw, or flaws, is to devalue the word and deny the meaning.
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verb
- make (something) completely free from faults or defects, or as close to such a condition as possible:
"he's busy perfecting his bowling technique"
adjective
- having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be:
"she strove to be the perfect wife"
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I think that all of the responses in this thread could conceivably be correct. It's a matter of perspective as "perfection" can be viewed both quantitatively and qualitatively
Perhaps perfection is in the "Eye of the Beholder"? I'm not saying I'm correct, just expanding on some themes in this thread.
I find linguistics, semantics and pragmatics interesting.