Reply
Fri 21 Aug, 2015 04:51 pm
Let me show you two sentences.
1. The best is yet to come.
2. The best is not yet to come.
As far as I know, the first one is a correct expression who meaning is
the best things have not come yet.
What about the second one?
Is it also a common and perfect sentence?
I did my own little research only to notice that
native speakers actually use the both,
though one might be preferred than the other.
Simply, do they actually use the both?
If so, is there any difference between the two?
I'd appreciate any comment.
Thank you in advance.
@SMickey,
I've never seen or heard the second one.
@ehBeth,
Ditto.
As far as the 2nd one, it could be expressed as "This is as good as it gets"
@SMickey,
SMickey wrote:
Let me show you two sentences.
1. The best is yet to come.
2. The best is not yet to come.
1) is correct.
2) is strange. It's understandable, but not a natural expression. It might be said as a contradiction to 1):
A: The best is yet to come! (optimist)
B: No, the best is
NOT yet to come. (pessimist, using contrastive stress on "not.")
@chai2,
I actually ran across that while I was googling about this.
Selected Answer
Stumble It!
Tweet This
Bookmark on Delicious
Share on Facebook
Share on MySpace