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Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"?

Newsgroups alt.usage.english
Date 2016-01-05 07:25 -0800
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Subject Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"?
From "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net>

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On Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 7:54:44 AM UTC-5, Harrison Hill wrote:
> On Tuesday, 5 January 2016 05:55:12 UTC, Peter Moylan  wrote:
> > On 2016-Jan-05 09:24, Harrison Hill wrote:
> > >    
> > > I am losing touch with reality in this thread. What is wrong with:
> > >    
> > > 1) "Was there ever worse luck?"
> > > 2) "I have never ever won the lottery, worse luck."
> > >    
> > > Both are normal BrE.
> > 
> > Your 1) is roughly equivalent to "Can you nominate a time when the luck
> > was worse than it is now?". You're comparing two things: then and now.
> > 
> > 2) is an idiom that is harder to explain. This, however, does not give
> > you an excuse to use "worse" where everyone else uses "worst".
>    
> 383m hits for "worst ever"

(sounds like a raw Google number)

Has anyone suggested there's anything wrong with "worst ever"?

No. What does not occur is "worse ever" in the context of "worst ever."

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"Worse ever" or "worst ever"? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-01-02 11:31 -0600
  Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr> - 2016-01-02 18:40 +0100
  Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2016-01-02 18:55 -0500
    Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr> - 2016-01-03 14:29 +0100
      Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <mail@peterduncanson.net> - 2016-01-03 14:37 +0000
      Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-03 07:36 -0800
        Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr> - 2016-01-03 16:47 +0100
      Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2016-01-03 12:28 -0500
  Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2345@gmail.com> - 2016-01-02 16:26 -0800
    Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-02 21:27 -0800
    Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-01-03 05:56 -0500
    Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2016-01-03 13:16 +0000
      Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr> - 2016-01-03 16:47 +0100
        Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? CDB <bellemarecd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-03 14:09 -0500
          Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-03 13:38 -0800
  Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2345@gmail.com> - 2016-01-03 14:13 -0800
    Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-03 14:29 -0800
      Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2345@gmail.com> - 2016-01-03 14:44 -0800
        Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-04 16:08 +0000
          Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Janet <nobody@home.org> - 2016-01-04 17:13 +0000
            Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-05 10:17 +0000
              Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Janet <nobody@home.org> - 2016-01-05 12:39 +0000
          Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2345@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 14:17 -0800
            Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Robin Bignall <docrobin@ntlworld.com> - 2016-01-04 23:20 +0000
              Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2345@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 15:52 -0800
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 19:48 -0800
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-05 16:47 +1100
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Janet <nobody@home.org> - 2016-01-05 12:37 +0000
    Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-04 09:50 +1100
      Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2345@gmail.com> - 2016-01-03 14:59 -0800
        Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-03 19:34 -0800
          Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2345@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 01:40 -0800
            Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 04:25 -0800
            Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Robin Bignall <docrobin@ntlworld.com> - 2016-01-04 23:22 +0000
          Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Janet <nobody@home.org> - 2016-01-04 11:01 +0000
            Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-04 07:32 -0800
              Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2345@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 14:24 -0800
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 15:53 -0800
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2345@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 16:11 -0800
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-05 16:55 +1100
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2345@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 04:54 -0800
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2345@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 04:57 -0800
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-05 07:27 -0800
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-05 07:25 -0800
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2345@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 08:22 -0800
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-05 15:55 +0000
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-05 21:16 -0700
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-06 11:15 -0700
            Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-04 16:11 +0000
      Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr> - 2016-01-04 08:11 +0100
        Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-04 16:13 +0000
          Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Robin Bignall <docrobin@ntlworld.com> - 2016-01-04 23:26 +0000
            Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2345@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 16:30 -0800
              Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Robin Bignall <docrobin@ntlworld.com> - 2016-01-05 23:53 +0000
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2016-01-06 00:31 +0000
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-06 14:15 +1100
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <mail@peterduncanson.net> - 2016-01-06 12:19 +0000
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Robin Bignall <docrobin@ntlworld.com> - 2016-01-06 23:09 +0000
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <mail@peterduncanson.net> - 2016-01-07 00:08 +0000
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <mail@peterduncanson.net> - 2016-01-06 00:38 +0000
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Janet <nobody@home.org> - 2016-01-06 13:20 +0000
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2345@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 08:40 -0800
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? musika <mUs1Ka@NOSPAMexcite.com> - 2016-01-06 19:16 +0000
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2345@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 11:31 -0800
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> - 2016-01-06 20:28 +0000
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2345@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 13:20 -0800
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <mail@peterduncanson.net> - 2016-01-06 19:31 +0000
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-01-06 00:44 +0000
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-06 14:12 +1100
                Re: "Worse ever" or "worst ever"? RH Draney <dadoctah@cox.net> - 2016-01-06 03:12 -0700
  "Worse thread ever" or "worst thread ever"? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-01-07 21:32 -0600
    Re: "Worse thread ever" or "worst thread ever"? Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-07 21:07 -0700

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