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Pructus Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Be you sick?

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1. Be you sick?

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This one seems to have different meaning from "Are you sick?". What should be the difference?

I guess it means something like, "Are you sick or something?" or, "Don't act as if you are sick, when you are not sick". Is my guessing correct?

2. "No better from" is allowed to be used instead of "No better than" ?
  

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" is not standard English. It could be a dialect form or an archaic usage. ".

— Mr Wordy

  • " is not standard English.
  • It could be a dialect form or an archaic usage.
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  • "No better from" is not right if you mean "no better than".
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"Be you sick?" is not standard English. It could be a dialect form or an archaic usage. I understand it to mean the same as "Are you sick?".

"No better from" is not right if you mean "no better than". (It is possible that the words "no better from" could occur in a sentence, but not with that meaning.)
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Thanks a lot, Mr Wordy.... Can you show with what meaning "no better from" is allowed?
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A few of randomly Googled examples:

"Matters seem no better from a moral viewpoint."

"We have come to expect no better from these silly, muddle-headed old fools."

"Another study carried out at the University of Geneva found that bottled water was no better from a nutritional point of view than ordinary tap water."

"I expected no better
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I see....

Your examples are self-evident...

I understand clearly....

Thanks a lot....
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