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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Worth

1b00I've never understood the usage of "worth" or "worthy".(i know what it means)02b02br
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01b00i've seen different usages of this word.02b02br
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01b00Can you guys give me some examples?02b0-
  

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0 worth: this item is worth $5 (costs)02br 00 worthy: he is a worthy man (merituous)0-

— Marius Hancu

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0 worth: this item is worth $5 (costs)02br
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10worth: this item is worth $5 (costs)12br
10worthy: he is a worthy man (merituous)12br
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11b00can we say:"He is not worthy 01font00of02font00 something."?02b02br
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01cite10Elida12cite11blockquote
11cite20Marius Hancu22cite20worth: this item is worth $5 (costs)22br
20worthy: he is a worthy man (merituous)22br
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21b10can we say:"He is not worthy 11font10of12f
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11cite20Elida22cite22br
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21cite30Marius Hancu32cite30worth: this item is worth $5 (costs)32br
30worthy: he is a worthy man (merituous)32br
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0>"it's not worthy of going there" 01font00Bad English02font02br
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01font00"it's not worth going there"02font0-
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10>"it's not worthy of going there" 11font10Bad English12font12br
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11font10"it's not worth going there"12font12br
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11b00oh...ok...02b00
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0Me too, I'm always in trouble with such expressions. 01b05002b02br
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00Recently I've written "Love is what makes a life 01i00worth02i00 living", without using "to be"!02br
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00Should I have written "Love is what makes a life 01i00be worth02i00 living" ?? 01b05102b0
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0Recently I've written "Love is what makes a life 01i00worth02i00 living", without using "to be"! 01font00I think the usage of worth is correct here.02font02br
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00Should I have written "Love is what makes a life 01i00be worth02i00 living" ?? 01b05001font
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0 01i00... what makes life worth living ...02i00 is the usual form (no 01i00a02i00, no 01i00be02i00) 02br
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01cite10CalifJim12cite11i10... what makes life worth living ...12i10 is the usual form (no 11i10a12i10, no 11i10be12i10) 12blockquote
10To be or not to be, I totally agree.02br
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