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Nalini Rajeev Posted 9 years ago
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Is there any difference in meaning?

"Elena is better than Sophie in math."
"Sophie is worse in math than Elena."
(Both are poor in math)
  

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The first one does not suggest they are both poor in math, and in fact, suggests they may both be good. ) The second one does not say that they are poor in math. If you wrote "Sophie is even worse than Elena in math" then we know that they are both bad at it.

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  • The first one does not suggest they are both poor in math, and in fact, suggests they may both be good.
  • ) The second one does not say that they are poor in math.
  • If you wrote "Sophie is even worse than Elena in math" then we know that they are both bad at it.
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The first one does not suggest they are both poor in math, and in fact, suggests they may both be good. (It's not definite, but that would be my first understanding.)

The second one does not say that they are poor in math.

If you wrote "Sophie is even worse than Elena in math" then we know that they are both bad at it.
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