http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/TwiceAsBad/ggmxh/post.htm#534317Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:41:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:534317Clive0http://www.englishforums.com/English/TwiceAsBad/ggmxh/post.htm#534317http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-534317.xmlHi,</p> <p><span style="COLOR:#0000bf;">My English failed me again. Sorry. I wanted to rephrase &quot;It would be twice as bad&quot; as &quot;you would get two bads&quot; or something natural that has the same meaning.<br /><br />Another example,<br />Don&#39;t invest in the stock.&nbsp;Not only will you&nbsp;lose your reputation, you will lose all your savings. <br />That&#39;ll be a double setback??<span style="COLOR:#111111;">&lt;&lt;&lt; this is OK.<br /></span>( Something that&#39;s the opposite of one stone kills two birds)<br /><span style="COLOR:#111111;">As a slang expression, that would be<strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"> a double whammy</span></strong>.<br />Clive</span></span><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TwiceAsBad/ggmnh/post.htm#534300Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:35:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:534300New2grammar1http://www.englishforums.com/English/TwiceAsBad/ggmnh/post.htm#534300http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-534300.xml<p>My English failed me again. Sorry. I wanted to rephrase &quot;It would be twice as bad&quot; as &quot;you would get two bads&quot; or something natural that has the same meaning.<br /><br />Another example,<br />Don&#39;t invest in the stock.&nbsp;Not only will you&nbsp;lose your reputation, you will lose all your savings. <br />That&#39;ll be a double setback??( Something that&#39;s the opposite of one stone kills two birds)</p> <br /> <br /><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TwiceAsBad/ggmnz/post.htm#534298Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:27:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:534298Clive3http://www.englishforums.com/English/TwiceAsBad/ggmnz/post.htm#534298http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-534298.xmlHi,<br /><span style="COLOR:#0000bf;">Don&#39;t jump off a 30 feet high platfrom into a kid pool. Not only would you hurt yourself, you would look like an idiot. It would be twice as bad.<br /></span><br />Don&#39;t jump off a 30 feet high platfrom into a kid pool. <strong>You&#39;ll hurt yourself and you&#39;ll look like an idiot.<br /></strong><br />Clive<br /><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TwiceAsBad/ggmnc/post.htm#534295Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:23:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:534295New2grammar3http://www.englishforums.com/English/TwiceAsBad/ggmnc/post.htm#534295http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-534295.xmlOne more question, How to express the incident as two bads, hurting yourself and looking like an idiot?<br />Thanks<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TwiceAsBad/ggmmp/post.htm#534291Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:15:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:534291Clive4http://www.englishforums.com/English/TwiceAsBad/ggmmp/post.htm#534291http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-534291.xmlHi,<br />It&#39;s OK. The idea is that looking like an idiot is twice as bad as hurting yourself.<br />Clive<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TwiceAsBad/ggmlx/post.htmSun, 29 Jun 2008 15:44:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:534273New2grammar5http://www.englishforums.com/English/TwiceAsBad/ggmlx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-534273.xmlDon&#39;t jump off a 30 feet high platfrom into a kid pool. Not only would you hurt yourself, you would look like an idiot. It would be twice as bad.<br /><br />1. Is twice as bad used correctly here? What does it mean?<br /><div style="clear:both;"></div>