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Nakool Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
No better than vs Not better than
1) The political situation is _____ and not even as good as it was last year.
a) not better than
b) no better
c) no better to
d) no better than
Ans is (D) .Could anyone please tell me the difference between ' no better than' and 'not better than' with examples?
Hi Blue Jay,
As per your reply
"A makes sense, but (D) no better than is a standard phrase."
Do we always use 'no better than' instead of 'not better than'?
a) not better than
b) no better
c) no better to
d) no better than
Ans is (D) .Could anyone please tell me the difference between ' no better than' and 'not better than' with examples?
Hi Blue Jay,
As per your reply
"A makes sense, but (D) no better than is a standard phrase."
Do we always use 'no better than' instead of 'not better than'?
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I googled 'not better than' and did not see any results.So does that means 'not better than' is never used?
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/no?r=66
See definition #3.
No is an adverb used before a comparative adjective, meaning "not any"
He is no better than his brother.
She seems to be no heavier than a feather.
The city is no bigger than it was ten years ago.
See definition #3.
No is an adverb used before a comparative adjective, meaning "not any"
He is no better than his brother.
She seems to be no heavier than a feather.
The city is no bigger than it was ten years ago.
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Nakool I googled 'not better than' and did not see any results.So does that means 'not better than' is never used?Not better than is used; but much less frequently than no better than.
For example the American Corpus has 678 examples of no better than, 93 of
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