Helder Carvalho
Does "less worse" or "less bad" make any sense in English?
In Portuguese, when something or a situation is slightly better among bad alternatives, we use to say "Isto é menos pior!" (this is less worse!) or "menos mau!" (less bad!). Do they make sense in English? Are they correct gramatically?
2015년 10월 24일 오전 1:06
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Less bad is ok, but less worse doesn't work.
More naturally, native English speakers would say "its not as bad (as than other thing)
Worse is comparative, not a value something can have. A thing can be bad, a thing can only be worse THAN something. Worse only works when something is being compared to something else.
I hope this helps.
2015년 10월 24일
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