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Mohan_p Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
too good
I remember from my school days, the interpretation of phrase - "too good".
For example:
Sentence: The news is too good to be true.
Exaplanation: The news is so good that it cannot be true.
Sentence: The print in the book was to good to be read
Explanation: The print in the book was so good that it could not be read. This is tantamount to saying - the print was bad.
Now my Question: In these phrases, we used 'too good' followed by 'to'. How would we interpret the sentences where 'too good' is followed by 'for'.
What would be explanation for following sentences
Sentence: The boy is too good for the job
Sentence: The boy is too good.
Sentence: The news is too good for newspaper.
Thanks!
For example:
Sentence: The news is too good to be true.
Exaplanation: The news is so good that it cannot be true.
Sentence: The print in the book was to good to be read
Explanation: The print in the book was so good that it could not be read. This is tantamount to saying - the print was bad.
Now my Question: In these phrases, we used 'too good' followed by 'to'. How would we interpret the sentences where 'too good' is followed by 'for'.
What would be explanation for following sentences
Sentence: The boy is too good for the job
Sentence: The boy is too good.
Sentence: The news is too good for newspaper.
Thanks!
Top answer
Mohan_p Sentence: The boy is too good for the job Sentence: The boy is too good. Sentence: The news is too good for newspaper. 1.
- Mohan_p Sentence: The boy is too good for the job Sentence: The boy is too good.
- Sentence: The news is too good for newspaper.
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- The boy is over-qualified for the job.
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Mohan_p1. The boy is over-qualified for the job.
Sentence: The boy is too good for the job
Sentence: The boy is too good.
Sentence: The news is too good for newspaper.
2. The boy is very good.
3. (I'm not sure about this one.) The
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"The boy is too good" might mean "the boy is very good," but it might also mean "the boy is unnaturally good - there's something suspicious about him!"
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Any more definitive answers? I am looking for a pattern to interpret these sentences unambiguously....
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Hi,
I agree with the interpretations already given. Here's another.
The news is too good for newspaper.
Perhaps I'm trying to make the point that newspapers prefer to print only bad news.
I note that you are looking for unambiguousness. I think that's often very hard to achieve, in English and in all languages. So much depends on context, and the way that you sa
I agree with the interpretations already given. Here's another.
The news is too good for newspaper.
Perhaps I'm trying to make the point that newspapers prefer to print only bad news.
I note that you are looking for unambiguousness. I think that's often very hard to achieve, in English and in all languages. So much depends on context, and the way that you sa
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