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Navitasan Posted 11 years ago
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Not good
Which are correct:
1) It turned out to be not very good.
2) It turned out to be not good enough for me.
3) It turned out to be not good.
4) It turned out to not be good.
Gratefully,
Navi.
1) It turned out to be not very good.
2) It turned out to be not good enough for me.
3) It turned out to be not good.
4) It turned out to not be good.
Gratefully,
Navi.
Top answer
1) means that whatever it is, it's mediocre. 2) means that whatever it is and however good it is, it doesn't meet your standards. 3) and 4) make sense -- whatever it is, it's bad -- but they're not phrasings native speakers would ordinarily use.
- 1) means that whatever it is, it's mediocre.
- 2) means that whatever it is and however good it is, it doesn't meet your standards.
- 3) and 4) make sense -- whatever it is, it's bad -- but they're not phrasings native speakers would ordinarily use.
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1) means that whatever it is, it's mediocre.
2) means that whatever it is and however good it is, it doesn't meet your standards.
3) and 4) make sense -- whatever it is, it's bad -- but they're not phrasings native speakers would ordinarily use. They would say, "It turned out to be bad."
2) means that whatever it is and however good it is, it doesn't meet your standards.
3) and 4) make sense -- whatever it is, it's bad -- but they're not phrasings native speakers would ordinarily use. They would say, "It turned out to be bad."
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