Well, this is different.

[conuly]

http://vimeo.com/44807536

This is a video of a subway station that's got a single step people tend to trip on. Hours after this video was posted the MTA started trying to fix it, although they're apparently not sure of the best solution yet.

But look at the captioning within the first 15 seconds. "This station has something which makes it unique from every other station in the city."

I've heard more unique and most unique (and no, I don't like them either, especially as there's no word to plug the gap if "unique" takes the place of "unusual", but I would be surprised if the tide changes on this one just because *I* don't like it) but "unique from" is a new one to me! I suppose it makes logical sense... sorta. I wouldn't say "unusual from" either, but I guess in this case he's using "unique" to mean something more like "different".

Anybody else ever heard this? Unique from. I wonder if it's unique to him.

Comments

[rho]

I think that "unique among" would make more sense. Of all the stations, this one has a feature not shared by any others. Or something.

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

I want to delete "from" and replace it with "compared to."

[dandelion.livejournal.com]

That doesn't sound right to me either, possibly because "unique" isn't a comparative word.

"Unique among" is what I'd say. In a similar vein to "unique from", "different than" is becoming increasingly common among Americans on the Internet, I'm noticing (not sure if there's a similar trend in speech/formal writing because I'm not exposed to enough of that). It really makes me twitch.

[conuly]

I haven't seen that, but I certainly see "different to" from Brits enough. It makes ME twitch! (Though I try to restrain myself. Figurative use of prepositions is messy enough without complaining about it.)

[tenou-k.livejournal.com]

I had exactly the same reaction when I watched it. Unique among the stations in the city?