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Guest Posted 21 years ago
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In the following sentence.. which of the 2 are correct????
There's always some reason to feel not good enough, or;
There's always some reason not to feel good enough?
  

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I would say they were both correct, but for slightly different meanings, Guest: 1. There's always some reason to feel not good enough ~ 'there's always some reason to feel inadequate'. 2.

  • I would say they were both correct, but for slightly different meanings, Guest: 1.
  • There's always some reason to feel not good enough ~ 'there's always some reason to feel inadequate'.
  • 2.
  • There's always some reason not to feel good enough ~ 'there's always some reason to avoid feeling adequate'.
  • I can't think of many contexts for #2, though.
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I would say they were both correct, but for slightly different meanings, Guest:

1. There's always some reason to feel not good enough ~ 'there's always some reason to feel inadequate'.

2. There's always some reason not to feel good enough ~ 'there's always some reason to avoid feeling adequate'.

I can't think of many contexts for #2, though.

MrP

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