Feb 26, 2014 · if worst comes to worse Also, if worse comes to worst. In the least favorable situation, if the worst possible outcome occurs. For example, If worst comes to worst and the budget is not approved, the government will shut down, or Go ahead and go to school with a school with a cold; if worse comes to worst the teacher will send you home. This ...

Jun 15, 2020 · I've noticed a lot of people who, according to the way I was taught, misuse the words 'worse' and 'worst'. The way I understand it, 'worse' is for comparisons, and 'worst' is the superlative. But more and more I see people using them in the exact opposite positions. That's the worse thing I've ever seen. This can't get any worst.

Check out Google's n-gram viewer of all English usage, British English usage, and American English usage, and you get mostly, "Worse comes to Worst" in American, "Worst comes to Worst" in British: goo.gl/N5cfEK You'd have to use different tenses (...were to come to worst), constructions (with/without article) to really nail it down, but those ...

Oct 22, 2014 · There was no way but to comparativize an inherently comparative worse in his situation – try using worse in that sentence. The Bard used the logical worser because that's precisely the semantic needed there. Note the POS: it's …

Jun 28, 2011 · Are there idioms or expressions in English that describe going from one bad situation to one that's even worse? I heard "between a rock and hard place" but this describes a dilemma not really a transition. I am looking for an expression that describes someone trying to get out of a bad situation but after much effort, the situation only got worse.

Feb 19, 2011 · "for worse" means something happened and the outcome is bad. "We re-elected our president, for worse." Putting them together, it means the result can go either way. "The new legislation has passed, for better or worse." Meaning, it was probably a controversial law, we don't know what the outcome will be, but it has happened.

Apr 5, 2020 · Worse and worst are the comparative and superlative forms of the adjective bad not the adverb badly. If you want to say more bad, you should use worse, but now you're using badly. So you would need to use worsely. But worsely isn't a word. You can't say "I am worsely in need of money than before". So you have to use more badly.

May 28, 2015 · It may pertain to the maxim "the worse, the better", often attributed to Vladimir Lenin in the years before the Communist Revolution. There is a related philosophical idea: the modern (Hegelian/Marxist) use of the term dialectic. Hegel's idea was that each concept or position, theoretical as well as practical, continues to develope until it ...

Jul 22, 2015 · What are good words for a five-point ordinal scale? The scale should represent increasing severity of disease, where 1 is normal and 5 is severe. I thought of the following words (with their value...

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