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Worse vs. Worst
Worse
/wəːs/Examples:
'I should sleep the worse,' answered Nicholas, impatiently.How much worse, had they been obliged to meet!But someone out there always has it worse than you do.
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Worst
/wɜːst/Examples:
But worst of all, it makes me question love, sacred love.But, worst of all, Clifford did not like Hepzibah's appearance.The weather today is the worst I've seen this decade.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Worse is used when comparing two things, while worst is used for comparing more than two.
- You can remember worse as being longer than bad, but worst as the superlative form being the longest of all.
- If something is worse, it is not as bad as the worst.
- Worse often follows the word than.
- Use worst when describing the extreme or most negative point.
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