2013-07-29

Insofar, so good

The word "insofar" needs a comparative form. If it has one, the word will have a purpose in life, insofar as it's useful when you can compare the extent to which two clauses hold -- which is insofarther than it's useful when you can only equate them. And if it has a superlative form as well, it'll be useful insofarthest of all.