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What is the difference between Best and better ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Good Better Best
This is how the trend goes
Eg : You presentation was BETTER than before
Eg : This is your BEST presentation
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Being better at something means you are not the best and there are people ahead of you, but you are better than other people. However, being the best means no one is above you.
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@mryoung Good better best is Gramatically established ! I won't say that WELL-BETTER-BEST is incorrect but I'll stick to good better best ! :-)
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