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19-May-2008, 05:04
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Women know the kitchen better, so they can design it the best.
Is the above sentence correct and any other way to write this? |
19-May-2008, 05:29
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Originally Posted by new2grammar  Women know the kitchen better, so they can design it the best.
Is the above sentence correct and any other way to write this? | How about : Women are better in designing the kitchen. ?  |
19-May-2008, 05:51
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Not bad and kindly tell me is the original sentence correct grammatically? |
19-May-2008, 06:24
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Originally Posted by new2grammar Not bad and kindly tell me is the original sentence correct grammatically? | Women know the kitchen better , they can design it best of all. |
19-May-2008, 06:28
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Originally Posted by new2grammar Not bad and kindly tell me is the original sentence correct grammatically? | Yes, it is grammatically correct. You could also try this;
"As women know kitchens better, they are (naturally) better at designing them".  | | The Following User Says Thank You to bhaisahab For This Useful Post: | |
19-May-2008, 06:55
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If you are going to say 'woman know kitchens better', then 'better than who?"
If it is 'men', then when you shift to 'best', who is this third party that suddenly, in addition to 'men', they are also 'better than'? |
19-May-2008, 07:03
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Thanks Harry and bhaisahab for your valuable suggestions. And Mr David the point you raised is also a valauble but then I think it is understandable from the sentence itself that I am comparing woman with others that is man, kindly correct me if I am wrong. |
19-May-2008, 07:35
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Originally Posted by new2grammar Thanks Harry and bhaisahab for your valuable suggestions. And Mr David the point you raised is also a valauble but then I think it is understandable from the sentence itself that I am comparing woman with others that is man, kindly correct me if I am wrong. | No, I don't think that you are wrong, if we say "women know kitchens better" I would have thought that we are saying that they know kitchens better than anyone or anything, men and children being the obvious candidates. |
19-May-2008, 07:43
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I think it is understandable from the sentence itself that I am comparing woman with others that is man, kindly correct me if I am wrong.
Perfectly understandable.
that is why I raise my point: who is suddenly, other than men, the third party implied in 'best' :
- of women and men, women are better than men
and of women, men, and hermaphrodites, women are best. |
19-May-2008, 08:19
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So Mr David what should be the sentence according to you | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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