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A thought from "the least worst choice"
It is kind of interesting to fathom why the English words are used ,for example the least worst choice is the best choice from a list of choices that you think are all bad, the least is an opposite of the most and worst is the counterpart of best. you can say "the least worst" to express the best in the worst, but you can not say "the most best", in this case how do you express "the best in the best"? thanks
2011年11月22日 09:07
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"least worst" does not make sense.
Correct is "least bad".
2011年11月22日
Least worst is an idiom, at least in America. It is used to describe what you indicate as the best choice out of a list off bad items. It is derived from the following kind of conversation. "Pick the item you want." "Wow, those are the worst set of choices I have ever seen!" "OK, choose the least worst one.". Eliot is right, it does not make sense, but it is often used in America.
We do not need, or have, a similar term relating to good choices. "Best" already describes the highest level of "good" from a list of items. Most best would be redundant. In reality, "least worst" is the same as "best" even though all of the choices are terrible. As a comical aside, one of my cousins, when she was quite young, invented the word "bestest"! She thought there had to be another term in the series "good, better, best". Whenever someone told her, "You are the best!", she would reply "You are the bestest!".
2011年11月22日
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