Sooris  +  402828 Fri, 10 Aug 07 02:40 PM This is the better/best of the two options. Which one is the right answer? Why? Sooris Joined on Tue, Sep 26 2006 chennai Full Member 121 Sureshbabu Padmanabahan

	Feebs11  +  402839 Fri, 10 Aug 07 02:56 PM The answer lies in how many options you have. Good option better option best option Feebs11 Joined on Thu, Nov 23 2006 UK Veteran Member 5,015

	The Graduate  +  402841 Fri, 10 Aug 07 02:58 PM Hi Sooris, This is the best of the two options is the right answer .. regarding your question why .. I don't have deep knowledage in English Grammar since I am an ESL student .. however, I can say from my point of view that the reason why we use best in this situation is becuase of the comparsion .. in other words, when you have two options and you choose one then the one you choose is the best because having two options means that both of them are good to choose but one of them is absolutely the best to choose. E.g. I have two friends (a friend means someone good to you) but one of them is my best friend. I wish I could help you The Graduate Joined on Fri, Aug 10 2007 Junior Member 79 Oo--oO Grammar, English Grammar

	Feebs11  +  402847 Fri, 10 Aug 07 03:04 PM e. E.g. I have two friends (a friend means someone good to you) but one of them is my best friend. A best friend might also be your only friend. In this collocation, "best" does not follow the normal rule. In comparatives, one= good; one of two = better; one of three = best. Feebs11

	Yoong Liat  +  402929 Fri, 10 Aug 07 06:44 PM  Sooris wrote: This is the better/best of the two options. Which one is the right answer? Why? This is the better of the two options. (As Feebs said, 'good, better, best'.) Since there are two options, use 'better'. If three or more options, use 'best'. Yoong Liat Joined on Mon, Sep 4 2006 Veteran Member 6,757

	Kooyeen  +  402990 Fri, 10 Aug 07 10:58 PM WARNING: I feel I have to say that all of the answers were prescriptive answers. The "better" of the two is the correct prescriptive answer, the one you need if you are going to take some test like TOEFL or something.  Kooyeen Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005 Italy Senior Member 4,984 Parental Advisory / Explicit Posts TOEFL

	Yoong Liat  +  403353 Sat, 11 Aug 07 11:17 PM  Kooyeen wrote: WARNING: I feel I have to say that all of the answers were prescriptive answers. The "better" of the two is the correct prescriptive answer, the one you need if you are going to take some test like TOEFL or something.  Hi Kooyeen Do you mean "This is the best of the two options" is grammatically correct? Yoong Liat TOEFL