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Anonymous, 2 yr 227 days ago
1 one is correct
Anonymous, 1 yr 281 days ago

I think it's supposed to be 'poor English'

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Anonymous, 1 yr 270 days ago

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Kins_10  +  481396 Mon, 25 Feb 08 12:55 PM

Bad means poor quality and poor means not good or low quality. So both are acceptable. However, can one say a poor road or bad road??? Wink
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Grammar Geek  +  481420 Mon, 25 Feb 08 01:53 PM

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Bad means poor quality and poor means not good or low quality. So both are acceptable. However, can one say a poor road or bad road??? Wink

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Personally, I would say a bad road, or a road in poor condition. I would not say a poor road.
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Anonymous, 1 yr 124 days ago
The difference between "BAD" and "Poor" is as follows:
Bad Sometimes means that something that is wrong, example: "Some people use bad grammar all the time."
But, "Poor" sounds "Low in quality", example "The painting was a poor job."
conclusion:
BAD - Totally wrong
POOR - Something is there but not upto the standard or quality.
so, "poor" is the apt word in the above scenario.
Anonymous, 1 yr 2 days ago
that was written in poor english
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