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2014年10月22日 · There was no way but to comparativize an inherently comparative worse in his situation – try using worse in that sentence. The Bard used the logical worser because that's precisely the semantic needed there. Note the POS: it's …
idioms - "Worse comes to worst" or "worst comes to worst"
Check out Google's n-gram viewer of all English usage, British English usage, and American English usage, and you get mostly, "Worse comes to Worst" in American, "Worst comes to Worst" in British: goo.gl/N5cfEK You'd have to use different tenses (...were to come to worst), constructions (with/without article) to really nail it down, but those ...
adjectives - What is the correct usage of 'worse' and 'worst ...
I've noticed a lot of people who, according to the way I was taught, misuse the words 'worse' and 'worst'. The way I understand it, 'worse' is for comparisons, and 'worst' is the superlative. But more and more I see people using them in the exact opposite positions. That's the worse thing I've ever seen. This can't get any worst.
Which is the correct idiom – "When worst comes to worst" or …
2014年2月26日 · if worst comes to worse Also, if worse comes to worst. In the least favorable situation, if the worst possible outcome occurs. For example, If worst comes to worst and the budget is not approved, the government will shut down, or Go ahead and go to school with a school with a cold; if worse comes to worst the teacher will send you home. This ...
Are there any expressions that describe going from a bad to a …
2011年6月28日 · Are there idioms or expressions in English that describe going from one bad situation to one that's even worse? I heard "between a rock and hard place" but this describes a dilemma not really a transition. I am looking for an expression that describes someone trying to get out of a bad situation but after much effort, the situation only got worse.
Idioms for saying when one's bad situation compounded with …
2019年12月21日 · (Unless the question was edited to add that after you answered, but there's no edit history shown.) But in any case as you have correctly noted it means to replace a problem with a worse problem, whereas the question is asking about adding additional problems without solving the original one. –
What is the correct way to punctuate the words ‘worse even’?
2019年9月6日 · Yes, 'even' is a parenthetical here (whereas in 'even worse' it is an intensifier of 'worse', a syntactic difference making little semantic difference). The choices for setting off parentheticals are brackets/parentheses, dashes (both inappropriate in this case), commas (which would work, but appear a little clunky), or in the odd case zero ...
can do worse than V - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2020年5月12日 · If you do not speak the dialect that uses "can do worse than V," it is dangerous to jump to the conclusion that "can do worse than V" and "could do worse than V" are interchangeable. – Apollyon Commented May 13, 2020 at 3:54
What is "For the better or worse"? - English Language & Usage …
2010年10月28日 · "for worse" means something happened and the outcome is bad. "We re-elected our president, for worse." Putting them together, it means the result can go either way. "The new legislation has passed, for better or worse." Meaning, it was probably a controversial law, we don't know what the outcome will be, but it has happened.
Is ‘progressively worse’ the equivalent of ‘regressively better’?
2020年9月6日 · Similarly, "progress to worse" and "regress to better" describe movements in opposite directions along a scale in which what is ahead is worse than what is behind. It is easy to think of contemporary political viewpoints of this sort. But progress/regress (whether for better or worse) are not equivalent, for one describes advance, the other ...