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Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

all it could be

If the book is not all it could be, it is still worth reading, though less for answers than for its interesting hypotheses.

What is 'all it could be'?
  

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If the book is not as good as it could be .. The suggestion is that the author could have made the book better.

— Clive

  • If the book is not as good as it could be ..
  • The suggestion is that the author could have made the book better.
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If the book is not as good as it could be .. .

The suggestion is that the author could have made the book better.
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Is it derived from other phrases? Or any other words here have some special meaning?
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OK, I'll consider it as a idiomatic usage. Thank you so much.
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Consider this.
It could be a better book.
It is not a better book.
Therefore it is not all that it could be.

Or this.
He could be a great runner.
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OMG!! So vivid! Thank you so much!
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