better v. just as good

[hhtt21]

I am reading the threads in the forum some of them is confusing for me.

I am confused between "better" and "just as good". "Just as" used as in the sentence means "exactly".

"But "Is the job you mentioned in New York?" is just as good."

https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/176406-locate

Thank you.

 

[teechar]

I am reading the threads in the forum some of them [STRIKE]is[/STRIKE] are confusing for me.

I am confused between "better" and "just as good". Does "just as" as used [STRIKE]as[/STRIKE] in the sentence below mean "exactly"?

"But "Is the job you mentioned in New York?" is just as good."

https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/176406-locate

Thank you.

It means that version is as good as (not inferior to) the original version.

 

[hhtt21]

Can we say that "But "Is the job you mentioned in New York" is equally good" ? Would it be correct and natural ?

Thank you.

 

[hhtt21]

It's OK if you drop the second 'is'.

Now this has become very confusing. Shouldn't "Say that" followed by a full sentence?

I said that "he was not good."

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[Matthew Wai]

Do you mean the following?

Can we say that the sentence is equally good?
Can we say that 'Is the job you mentioned in New York?' is equally good?

 

[hhtt21]

Do you mean the following? Can we say that 'Is the job you mentioned in New York?' is equally good?

This one.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Can we say that "But "Is the job you mentioned in New York" is equally good" ? Would it be correct and natural ?

If the blue part were not correct and natural, Barb_D would not have said in the thread you quoted that it was just as good.

 

[hhtt21]

If the blue part were not correct and natural, Barb_D would not have said in the thread you quoted that it was just as good.

I am asking not blue part, but the part black and underlined that is "equally good."


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[Matthew Wai]

I think 'equally good' is correct.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Can we say that "But "Is the job you mentioned in New York" is equally good" ? Would it be correct and natural ?

But 'Is the job you mentioned in New York?' is equally good.
Would it be correct and natural to say 'equally good' above?

That's how I would ask the question.

 

[hhtt21]

But 'Is the job you mentioned in New York?' is equally good.
Would it be correct and natural to say 'equally good' above?

That's how I would ask the question.

Isn't this better: Would it be correct and natural to use "equally good" above? ?

Thank you.

 

[GoesStation]

Isn't this better: Would it be correct and natural to use "equally good" above? ?

It's as good as say in that context. Write would work, too.

Don't add a question mark when quoted text ends in one. Here's a clear and correct way to write your sentence:

Please tell me if this is written better: "Would it be correct and natural to use 'equally good' above?"

I marked the whole of my suggestion by setting it in italics. Then I wrapped the question it asks about in American-style double-quotes and marked the word "use" by setting it in bold. Finally, I wrapped the inner quoted text in single-quotes. If you prefer British style (though the Brits do it either way), you can use single quotes for the outer quotation and double quotes for the inner one.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Don't add a question mark when quoted text ends in one.

The following is an exception.

Is it correct to say "Is he among the people who have achieved success?"?

 

[GoesStation]

Is it correct to say "Is he among the people who have achieved success?"?

I'm pretty certain that no American editor would set that with two question marks. The convention is that sentence-ending punctuation carries over from the quoted text to the sentence in which it's quoted.

 

[Barb_D]

From: http://www.dummies.com/education/la...-to-punctuate-quotations-with-question-marks/

"For those rare occasions when both the quoted words and the sentence are questions, put the question mark inside the quotation marks."

Here’s an example of this rule:

Did the mover really ask, “Is that lady for real?”
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No matter what, don’t use two question marks:

Wrong: Did Betsy ask, “What’s the number of a good lawyer?”?
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Right: Did Betsy ask, “What’s the number of a good lawyer?”



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[hhtt21]

Huddleston and Pullum (2002.1755, The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language) say of such cases that both question marks are retained, but "it is probably more usual to drop one or the other of them".

What is this 2002.1755 ?

Thank you.

 

[hhtt21]

And it seems placing a space when using punctuation marks do not work between quotation marks and question marks.

Thank you.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Shouldn't "Say that" followed by a full sentence?

I would call it a that-clause rather than a full sentence.

Wrong: Did Betsy ask, “What’s the number of a good lawyer?”?​

There are actually two questions, so I wonder why using two question marks is wrong.