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| Could you tell me some more sentences before and after your sentence? I guess date means to have a meeting. Precisely between a boy and a girl. Is that what you think? |
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| #3 (permalink) Sat May 01, 2010 14:00 pm It's her best to date |
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I agree with BlueSnow that anyone who asks about a phrase must cite the excerpt she/he's got it from but I think the meeting explanation is probably wrong.
The meaning of the sentence is that something is her best up-to-date which is an expression equal to "until today"
that's a really useful search in order to find out it's meaning from the context by yourself.
http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&tbo=p&tbs=nws%3A1&q=%22best+to+date%22&meta=&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=ac482a1038026f1a
In other words we can rewrite the sentence as "It is her best until the present time or today"
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| #4 (permalink) Sat May 01, 2010 14:11 pm It's her best to date |
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| That's really a worth-to-appreciate idea. My opinion based on the idea that date is a verb. Once again, the surroundings are essential. |
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| #6 (permalink) Sat May 01, 2010 14:19 pm It's her best to date |
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| Blue_Snow wrote: |
| That's really a worth-to-appreciate idea. My opinion based on the idea that date is a verb. Once again, the surroundings are essential. |
It's her best to date. To date what? an apple ?
And even if She's going to meet or date an apple how can you explain that it is hers? One explanation I previously thought is that it could be referred to an option. "It's her best option to date" which could stand for "It's her best option to pick to date" where the option could represent a guy, but that's an extremely weird kind of word structure. |
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| #7 (permalink) Sat May 01, 2010 14:34 pm It's her best to date |
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What do you think 'her best' refers to in the following paragraph?
And check out her CDs from her website. The most recent is "Timing is Everything," and it's her best to date.
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| #8 (permalink) Sat May 01, 2010 15:21 pm It's her best to date |
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| My head is in a maze. I'm mad. Is there any easier explanation? |
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| #9 (permalink) Sat May 01, 2010 15:29 pm It's her best to date |
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Yes there is. If it were to be, say a female writer, you would say it was her best book to date ... meaning it is the best book she has written up to today. Get it?
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| #10 (permalink) Sat May 01, 2010 16:15 pm It's her best to date |
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| So, to date also means up to date? |
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| #11 (permalink) Sat May 01, 2010 17:33 pm It's her best to date |
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To date = up to this point in time (up to today's date)
"We have had no record of any complaints to date." - So far we haven't had any complaints (but there may be some coming).
Up to date = complete to the point that it should be at this moment
"The department's record of complaints is up to date." - There are no correct outstanding complaints to be added, until further complaints are received.
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| #12 (permalink) Sun May 02, 2010 6:10 am It's her best to date |
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| Thanks for your answers. |
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