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Clee62 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

What does the second sentence mean?

Hi,

I saw the sentences in one section of text. I couldn't fully understand the meaning. What does " they were for worse" mean?

Here is the sentences:

"They believed that language should fixed and unchanging. Where changes occured they were for worse."

the sections is talking about traditional grammarians whose techniques weren't correct.

Thanks,
  

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The expression I'm familiar with is "for the worse". If changes are "for the worse", it just means that they make the situation worse and are therefore undesirable. There are two other mistakes, so perhaps there have been transcription errors: "They believed that language should be fixed and unchanging.

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  • The expression I'm familiar with is "for the worse".
  • If changes are "for the worse", it just means that they make the situation worse and are therefore undesirable.
  • There are two other mistakes, so perhaps there have been transcription errors: "They believed that language should be fixed and unchanging.
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The expression I'm familiar with is "for the worse". If changes are "for the worse", it just means that they make the situation worse and are therefore undesirable. There are two other mistakes, so perhaps there have been transcription errors:

"They believed that language should be fixed and unchanging. Where changes occurred they were for the worse."
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thank you so much. i guess the text needs to be revised.
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