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Ale_simari Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

worthwhile vs worthy

0Hi everyone,02br
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00could anyone please tell me the difference? So far, I think it has to do with their position in the sentence (something is worthile or a worthy something), but I'm not sure.02br
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00Thanks a lot!02br
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0 I guess this would depend on context. If someone is "worthy", it means they are qualified. 02br 02br 00If something is worthwhile, it is a good thing to do for the future.

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  • 0 I guess this would depend on context.
  • If someone is "worthy", it means they are qualified.
  • 02br 02br 00If something is worthwhile, it is a good thing to do for the future.
  • 02br 02br 00I use "worthwhile" (90%) more often than "worthy" (10%).
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0 I guess this would depend on context. If someone is "worthy", it means they are qualified. It stops there.02br
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00If something is worthwhile, it is a good thing to do for the future. It doesn't stop there but suggests a possible future action.02br
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00I use "worthwhile" (90%) more often than "worthy" (10%). 0-
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0Worthy - having worth or value. This is a worthy cause. This is a worthy candidate.02br
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00Worthwhile - it is worth spending time on this. 0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10Worthy - having worth or value. This is a worthy cause. This is a worthy candidate.12br
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10Worthwhile - it is worth spending time on this. 12br
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10Indeed. It is also said:02br
01i00it is worth spending your 01b00whil
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0 "as one of the meanings of while is time" = FUTURE02br
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00This refers to a future action.0-
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0 Future? Not necessarily:02br
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00<takes us quite a 01i00while02i00 to find out -- Sean O'Faolain>0-
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0Thanks everyone for your kind help! I've realised this forum is worth the while! You're all worthy people! 050010id5
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0 01b00 02b00 Marius Hancu,02br
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00"<takes us quite a 01i00while02i00 to find out -- Sean O'Faolain>"02br
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00That doesn't really follow my understanding of grammar or logic. It's just a saying, a quote by someone, so we need to look at what they meant. I think they meant, "It 01b00WIL
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0 Stuff that regularly happens such as "it takes us ..." is present time and tense. But if you want to see it as future is your call ...0-
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0 "John drives a taxi." - "It is John's job to drive a taxi. He does it every day. Past, present and 01u01b00future02b02u00."02br
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0 "While," meaning "time" is by no means limited to future usage. "It took a while." 02br
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00And of course, with only a slightly different meaning, it can be used as a verb in the past tense: "We whiled away the hours."0-
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