To: GodfearingTexan
Respondants were given a choice of "Excellent," "Good," "Fair," or "Poor."
"Fair" and "Poor" were considered negative answers.
Since when is "Fair" a negative?
14 posted on
09/11/2003 12:04:54 PM PDT by
brewcrew
To: brewcrew
fair is negative when you want the results to be negative
To: brewcrew
Since when is "Fair" a negative? Exactly.
I guess Mr. Zogby takes his umbrella with him when the weatherman predicts "fair" skys.
33 posted on
09/11/2003 12:12:17 PM PDT by
Dane
To: brewcrew
Fair traditionally is used more like the term mediocre, as in "medium quality or commonplace".
From definition of fair from dictionary.com:
"Moderately good; Acceptable or satisfactory; gave only a fair performance of the play; in fair health".
Fair often has about the same meaning as the phrase "damning with faint praise".
Certainly not an unqualified positive endorsement.
39 posted on
09/11/2003 12:15:57 PM PDT by
steve86
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