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Should I use poor or poorest grammaticaly in this sentence?
Now many stars would like to help the poor/poorest children in the villages. Should I choose poor or poorest grammatically? Please tell me. Thank you!
Nov 18, 2015 11:30 AM
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Poorest would be best. It'll help you put emphasize on what you're trying to say.
Poor is very general, when poorest means you want to help the people are more poor than the general poor people.
November 18, 2015
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The meaning is different, but you can use either.
"Poor" children means all who are poor. That might be, say, 50% of the children.
"Poorest" children means the ones who are very poor. It's a sub group of the poor children, so say 5% of the children who are poor.
November 18, 2015
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