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Tinanam0102 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Love nothing better than

Hi teachers,

Scots love nothing better than an underdog.

Does that mean "Scots doesn't want to be treated as an underdog."

Thank you.

Tinanam
  

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tinanam0102 Scots love nothing better than an underdog. " No. It means "Scots love underdogs better than they love anything else".

— CalifJim

  • tinanam0102 Scots love nothing better than an underdog.
  • " No.
  • It means "Scots love underdogs better than they love anything else".
  • It's overstated to make a point.
  • Compare: Mary likes nothing better than knitting sweaters.
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tinanam0102Scots love nothing better than an underdog.

Does that mean "Scots doesn't don't want to be treated as an underdog."
No. It means "Scots love underdogs better than they love anything else". It's overstated to make a point.

Compare:

Mary likes nothing better than kni
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tinanam0102Scots love nothing better than an underdog.
This sentece seems to be incomplete to my ears. It's not making much sense.

But if we must make some sense of this, you can modify it to say: Scots loves nothing better than being an underdog. That means loves
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Hi CalifJim,

Thank you for helping me.

Tinanam
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