Posted by Jonathan on April 17, 2003, at 22:30:05
In reply to BeardedLady's expertise desperately needed, please, posted by Jonathan on April 17, 2003, at 22:23:35
Dr. Bob's paper about this site (CyberPsychology & Behavior, 3(6), 935-950) has the title "The Best of Both Worlds" - http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/research.html
This raises another intriguing question about English grammar: "The Best of All Worlds" would certainly have been grammatical, but shouldn't one say "The Better ..." when there are only two worlds from which to choose?
For example, "Earth is the best of all worlds in the solar system, but Phobos is the better of both worlds which are satellites of the planet Mars, because the Phobics are social, and everyone knows that social phobics are kind, sensitive people"; "the best of all articles is 'the', but the better of both indefinite articles is 'an'".
"From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs."
Cato the Elder (234-149 BCE),
who would have been Cato the Eldest if Cato the Younger had been twins
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