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j0mbolar
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| Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 1:38 am
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Is "as worse as" correct?
It seems worse can be used synonymously with "bad"
and so that leads me to believe that it is correct.
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Don Phillipson
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| Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 2:01 am
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"j0mbolar" <j0mbolar@engineer.com> wrote in message
news:2d31a9f9.0409101138.73cac1d1@posting.google.com...
| Quote: | Is "as worse as" correct?
It seems worse can be used synonymously with "bad"
and so that leads me to believe that it is correct.
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No. Worse is the comparative form like
long -- longer. You would not say mine
is as longer as yours.
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Don Phillipson
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Michael DeBusk
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| Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 3:08 pm
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On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 16:01:07 -0400, Don Phillipson
<d.phillipson@ttrryytteell.com> wrote:
| Quote: | No. Worse is the comparative form like
long -- longer. You would not say mine
is as longer as yours.
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I know I certainly wouldn't say it.
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Michael DeBusk, Co-Conspirator to Make the World a Better Place
Did he update http://home.earthlink.net/~debu4335/ yet?
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George Hardy
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| Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 6:47 pm
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j0mbolar@engineer.com (j0mbolar) wrote in message news:<2d31a9f9.0409101138.73cac1d1@posting.google.com>...
| Quote: | Is "as worse as" correct?
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No!
GFH |
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meirman
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| Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:19 am
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In alt.english.usage on 10 Sep 2004 12:38:39 -0700
j0mbolar@engineer.com (j0mbolar) posted:
| Quote: | Is "as worse as" correct?
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No.
| Quote: | It seems worse can be used synonymously with "bad"
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I don't think so.
| Quote: | and so that leads me to believe that it is correct.
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s/ meirman If you are emailing me please
say if you are posting the same response.
Born west of Pittsburgh Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis, 7 years
Chicago, 6 years
Brooklyn NY 12 years
Baltimore 20 years |
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