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Preciousbunny Posted 16 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Worth his slat carries...?

Hi,

Could you help me with this one?

Every bartender worth his salt carries a trivia answer book ,a joke book and a cocktail reciepe book with him.

I can't understand the bold part..First,worth is an ajective,but where is BE VERB here,shouldn't say every bartender is worth....? Second,what's salt carries a trivia answer book...?;-(
  

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Hi, Could you help me with this one? Every bartender worth his salt carries a trivia answer book ,a joke book and a cocktail reciepe book with him. First,worth is an ajective,but where is BE VERB here,shouldn't say every bartender is worth..?

— Clive

  • Hi, Could you help me with this one?
  • Every bartender worth his salt carries a trivia answer book ,a joke book and a cocktail reciepe book with him.
  • First,worth is an ajective,but where is BE VERB here,shouldn't say every bartender is worth..?
  • ;-( You are mis-parsing the sentence.
  • Here is the structure.
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Hi,

Could you help me with this one?

Every bartender worth his salt carries a trivia answer book ,a joke book and a cocktail reciepe book with him.

I can't understand the bold part..First,worth is an ajective,but where is BE VERB here,shouldn't say every bartender is worth..? Second,what's salt carries a trivia answer book...?;-(


You are mis-parsing
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ohh,i see ,that's a a idiom...That was very helpful Clive,;-)
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