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Aug 9, 2002, 10:36pm

> Not sure what crazy dictionaries *you're* looking at, but mine makes a
> clear distinction between the two words:
>
> worse - adj. Bad or evil in a greater degree; less good
> worst - adj. Most bad, evil, ill, or corrupt; Most unfavorable,
> unpleasant, or painful
>
> See the difference? :P
>
> If not, I'm surprised you don't consider better and best
> interchangeable, or less and least, or more and most. What did they
> teach *you* in grade school? :P

Bad analogy, you can interchange them in a sentence and still have
completely the same meanings. The other words you could not.

I have the worse teacher.
I have the worst teacher.

They still mean the same thing. They can mean mine is a bad teacher or is
more bad than yours.

I have the best teacher.
I have the better teacher.

We just changed the meaning completely.
Let's try with the other 2 words:

I have more than you do.
I have most than you do.

Does that work at all? I hope not. I guess that's my boonie blood showing
through y'all.

--Bowen--

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