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English as a Second Language English for Beginners
1

Which of the following sentences is correct and why?

  1. Don’t you know how much I am bad at making stories?
  2. Don’t you know how I am bad at making stories?

Thanks in advance!

Regards

Mirch

2

Neither of those is correct. I suggest:
Don’t you know how bad I am at making up stories?
(I’d prefer the word ‘poor’ to ‘bad’ though.)

3

Thanks. But can I write “Don’t you know how much poor I am at making up stories?”

4

No. You would have to remove the word ‘much’.

5

Thanks. But I want to express that not only bad I am too much bad at making up stories so can I write:

  1. Don’t you know how very bad I am at making up stories? or
  2. Don’t you know how worst I am at making up stories?
6

The first is acceptable. The second is incorrect.
You could also say:
Don’t you know that I am the worst person in the world at making up stories?
Don’t you know how extremely poor I am at making up stories?
Don’t you know how incredibly awful I am at making up stories?
Don’t you know how absolutely atrocious I am at making up stories?

7

OMG! Thanks :slight_smile:

8

Don’t you know that I am the worst person in the world at making up stories?
Can i use in instead of at
Don’t you know that I am the worst person in the world in making up stories?

9

Yes, you could use ‘in’, though ‘at’ is more natural.

10

Thanks