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least good?
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Giulietta66
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least good?
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hey everyone... can you say " he is the least good" or "the least tall"? or do you need to use least only with long adjectives? |
3 Jun 2010
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magneto
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Well, it does sound a bit unusual, perhaps even odd, but I don �t think it �s grammatically wrong.
Any other ideas, anybody?
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3 Jun 2010
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denfer
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I would say : the worst and the shortest... ?
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3 Jun 2010
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anitarobi
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I know, denfer, so would I. |
3 Jun 2010
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Giulietta66
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thanks sooooooooooooooooooo much everyone! |
3 Jun 2010
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magneto
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I think the problem is when you �re trying to convey a slightly different meaning, that �s why Giulietta is asking. Take a look at this example (of course, it �s an example using the comparative degree, but I think the difference in meaning is clear): "Maria is a worse student than Helena." - the meaning I get is "Helena is a bad student, but Maria is even worse.", as opposed to "Maria is not as good a student as Helena", in which case the meaning I get is "Maria is a good student, but not as good as Helena."
Giulietta, could you make that clear for us? Is this why you �re asking? Are you trying to convey a difference in meaning, like "it �s good, but compared to many others it �s not that good", as opposed to "they �re all bad, and that one�s the worst"?
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3 Jun 2010
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kodora
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Using less and least before adjectives is inferiority comparison and you want to emphasize which person or thing has the quality of the adjective in a lesser degree.Ferrari is an expensive car.Porche is less expensive than Ferrari.(but it is not cheap!)
Dora
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3 Jun 2010
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afteleg
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If we compare three or more people in terms of personality, we can say that all of them are good or nice, however, there will always be one who is the least good/nice...and it might sound inappropriate to call him/her �the worst �...
when talking abt a person �s ability, I think we don �t really say least good right? It �s not wrong to say that he/she is the worst among them...
so it depends??? I guess??
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4 Jun 2010
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