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  • Michael Tsai
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2010
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    How about this sentence?

    I am the best, always.
    Or: I am always the best.
    Are there any problem with them?
    Which one is better?
    Thanks!
    Last edited by Michael Tsai; Mon 22 Mar '10, 6:27pm.
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  • eJM
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2004
    • 916
    • 3.8.x

    #2
    Both are fine, but there is no comma necessary in the first sentence. Using it doesn't make it wrong, but it's not necessary.

    Which one is better? You decide which by where you want to place the emphasis. Do you want to stress that you are always the best, or always the best?

    Why would you want to take your English lessons here? There are better sites for this - sites you might feel more confidence in having people with the language skills you need to rely on. This site is full of vBulletin owners and webmasters, many of whom couldn't construct a proper sentence to save their lives (and many, I'm sure, who are far better qualified than I am). You never know what you're gonna get.

    Ah, but I suspect this isn't so much an exercise in language as it is in staving off boredom.

    Jim
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    • Michael Tsai
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2010
      • 178
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      #3
      I'm not taking my English lessons, just have these stupid questions these days, well, thanks anyway.
      Originally posted by eJM
      Both are fine, but there is no comma necessary in the first sentence. Using it doesn't make it wrong, but it's not necessary.

      Which one is better? You decide which by where you want to place the emphasis. Do you want to stress that you are always the best, or always the best?

      Why would you want to take your English lessons here? There are better sites for this - sites you might feel more confidence in having people with the language skills you need to rely on. This site is full of vBulletin owners and webmasters, many of whom couldn't construct a proper sentence to save their lives (and many, I'm sure, who are far better qualified than I am). You never know what you're gonna get.

      Ah, but I suspect this isn't so much an exercise in language as it is in staving off boredom.

      Jim
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      • Michael Tsai
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        • Jan 2010
        • 178
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        #4
        I want to stress that I'm always the best.
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        • Michael Tsai
          Senior Member
          • Jan 2010
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          #5
          BTW: I don't know where to ask these stupid questions.
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          • eJM
            Senior Member
            • Sep 2004
            • 916
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            #6
            It appears what you really want is a bigger post count. Just my guess.
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            • Michael Tsai
              Senior Member
              • Jan 2010
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              #7
              No, you're wrong.
              Originally posted by eJM
              It appears what you really want is a bigger post count. Just my guess.
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              • Michael Tsai
                Senior Member
                • Jan 2010
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                #8
                Originally posted by eJM
                It appears what you really want is a bigger post count. Just my guess.
                I don't even know what's the use of a bigger post count. Would you please tell me?
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                • Reeve of Shinra
                  Senior Member
                  • Sep 2001
                  • 4325
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Michael Tsai
                  "...I'm always the best."
                  That sounds correct... context is important
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                  • Michael Tsai
                    Senior Member
                    • Jan 2010
                    • 178
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                    #10
                    Thanks.
                    Originally posted by Reeve of Shinra
                    That sounds correct... context is important
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                    • Chazel
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                      • Nov 2007
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                      #11
                      This is a good forum for grammar advice: http://forum.wordreference.com/forumdisplay.php?f=6

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                      • Michael Tsai
                        Senior Member
                        • Jan 2010
                        • 178
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                        #12
                        Great, thanks.
                        Originally posted by Chazel
                        This is a good forum for grammar advice: http://forum.wordreference.com/forumdisplay.php?f=6
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