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Alison Liu Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Meaning

Could anyone please tell me the meaning of the following sentence?

"There are good, no great, people in this world."

I came across this sentence when I was doing my English homework( I'm a high school student in China) and couldn't understand it. It's from the story in this link:
http://www.viraldoza.com/customer-blows-everyone-away-bed-bath-beyond-amazing/

Thanks in advance.
  

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) The sentence means this: There are good people in the world. But there aren't any great people in the world.

— AlpheccaStars

  • ) The sentence means this: There are good people in the world.
  • But there aren't any great people in the world.
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"There are good, not great, people in this world." (Are you sure you copied it correctly?)

The sentence means this:
There are good people in the world.
But there aren't any great people in the world.
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When I first saw this sentence I thought so, but that way it would have nothing to do with the story. I googled this sentence, found several links and they were all the same. I'm pretty sure I copied it correctly. Since the link can't be put here, can you search"Customer Blows Everyone Away In Bed, Bath And Beyond"? Thanks for your reply.
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OK, it has a different meaning in that context.

Here is the meaning.

There are good, no I mean great not just good, people in the world.
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That makes sense now. Guess I just read that"no great"without a pause. Again, thanks a lot.
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