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@ 06/07/2006 – 23:18:40
Hi,
Sorry for Rooney.
By the way,
What is the most strange thing in English language is the expressions like...
he is one of the best players in this world cup, she is one of the most beautiful women in the world, and so on.
Is he or she the No 1 or not.
Many goldmedalists?
Isn't "the best=the No 1"?
one of the best???????
Isn't it like, "what I say is wrong"?
Please, anyone, tell me why you don't feel it strange?
The_Walrus
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samurai_tofu
Thanks Walrus,
Ok, I see it.
Indo-european languages and our language must have diverged from each other very long ago.
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I could explain the "one of the s in the " construction in English, but I have to wave my hands as I do it, so it won't work on here...
Basically, in mathematical terms, it means "X is an element of the subset of the set that is at the top end of the range". So if there are 200 good C programmers in India, any one of them can be called "one of the best C programmers..."
If that isn't clear, I'm sorry. I typed it without waving my hands.