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Alc24 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

WORST half of deal

can you say?

She got the bettre half of the deal and I got the worst half.

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I think it should be: She got the better half of the deal and I got the worse half. Anyway, I am interested in this question too, because I was thinking that maybe native speakers could also say: She got the best half of the deal and I got the worst. Now, I know that "best" and superlatives in general are also used when there are only two items, but I wonder if in "the better/best half of something", one or the other could be some kind of idiomatic collocation.

— Kooyeen

  • I think it should be: She got the better half of the deal and I got the worse half.
  • Anyway, I am interested in this question too, because I was thinking that maybe native speakers could also say: She got the best half of the deal and I got the worst.
  • Now, I know that "best" and superlatives in general are also used when there are only two items, but I wonder if in "the better/best half of something", one or the other could be some kind of idiomatic collocation.
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I think it should be:

She got the better half of the deal and I got the worse half.

Anyway, I am interested in this question too, because I was thinking that maybe native speakers could also say:

She got the best half of the deal and I got the worst.

Now, I know that "best" and superlatives in general are also used when there are only two items, b
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Logic tells us:
She got the better half of the deal and I got the worse half.

Nevertheless, you will probably hear:
She got the best half of the deal and I got the worst half.

Unbalancing the adjectives as you have done suggests to me that the speaker is feeling very sorry for himself indeed.
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