Comments on: An edge https://plainenglish.com/expressions/an-edge/ Upgrade your English Thu, 21 Nov 2024 05:13:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/an-edge/#comment-3619 Sun, 20 Nov 2022 00:46:46 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=15127#comment-3619 In reply to Cemre.

Just looking at this again (copying it into the Sunday email!) you can say, “Has an edge on” if you mean they have an advantage over the others.

]]> By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/an-edge/#comment-3615 Sat, 19 Nov 2022 23:38:19 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=15127#comment-3615 In reply to Cemre.

Great example!

]]> By: Cemre https://plainenglish.com/expressions/an-edge/#comment-3611 Sat, 19 Nov 2022 07:50:20 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=15127#comment-3611 Uber still has an edge among the other applications by making its platform easier to use.

]]> By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/an-edge/#comment-3599 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 16:13:01 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=15127#comment-3599 In reply to Eugene.

“due to the exceptional speed that gave him an edge” can become: “…defeated a lot of boxers in their prime because he had exceptional speed, which gave him an edge.”

]]> By: Eugene https://plainenglish.com/expressions/an-edge/#comment-3592 Wed, 16 Nov 2022 18:10:28 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=15127#comment-3592 During his legendary professional career Manny Pacquiao defeated a lot of boxers in their prime due to the exceptional speed that gave him an edge in most of his fights.

]]> By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/an-edge/#comment-3365 Tue, 18 Oct 2022 14:35:10 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=15127#comment-3365 In reply to Mario.

The science is above my head, but they are good questions.

]]> By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/an-edge/#comment-3363 Tue, 18 Oct 2022 14:33:40 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=15127#comment-3363 In reply to Claudio.

This would be true, but potentially a tautology (i.e. “The winner had an edge” is something that is obviously true; if he won, he clearly had some kind of an advantage.) So it would be common to say, “The winner had an edge because he came prepared to every round of interviews” or “The winner had an edge because he had worked at our biggest competitor” etc.

]]> By: Mario https://plainenglish.com/expressions/an-edge/#comment-3353 Mon, 17 Oct 2022 20:38:39 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=15127#comment-3353 I am not sure about gm food too. Are we sure it respects the diversification of varieties? Could it mix irreparably with already existing varieties? Could introduce genes trigger intolerances to the element of origin? Are the costs of GM seeds affordable for poor populations? Are they reserved for the big and intensive industry?

]]> By: Claudio https://plainenglish.com/expressions/an-edge/#comment-3351 Mon, 17 Oct 2022 17:46:31 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=15127#comment-3351 My friend needed to hire a new employee who could manage a big project. After a few steps, only three candidates reached the last stage of the process. The winner had an edge over the others.

]]> By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/an-edge/#comment-3342 Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:35:08 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=15127#comment-3342 In reply to Oscar.

It never hurts to at least be aware, right?

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