tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post5460115361887135827..comments2023-11-16T17:56:09.323-06:00Comments on The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks: "hand dipped" eh?bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08163733354894909762noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-31464515281309057972012-09-01T22:49:39.008-05:002012-09-01T22:49:39.008-05:00Hmmm. Given that "better" is (by its ver...Hmmm. Given that "better" is (by its very definition) better than "good", but not as good as "best", then would "better than good" imply a state that is somewhere between "good" and "better"?<br /><br />Clearly, "better" is smack-dab in the middle, between "good" and "best".<br /><br />The phrase "better than good", since the author chose to be explicit, and did not simply say "better", implies a that it's intended to occupy a different position in the "good" to "best" spectrum than the unadorned "better" does.<br /><br />However, it clearly cannot be positioned between "better" and "best", because any position therein would, by definition, be "better than better", but the author only promised "better than good".<br /><br />Thus, the only area available for possible ranking would be less than "better", but more than "good".<br /><br />Consequently, "better than good" can only mean "worse than better", and can never rise to the quality of "better".<br /><br />This makes the author's assertion more of an apology.tgihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021038843454669854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-72551085642977496732011-05-28T14:50:55.691-05:002011-05-28T14:50:55.691-05:00There is no "better than good," just dif...There is no "better than good," just differing degrees of goodness. And sometimes they use their toes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com