how better to... than... ?

[Laurence Horn]

At 6:31 AM -0700 9/20/06, Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:

>
>
>oh, also the variant "what better way to X than Y?":
>
>What better way to commemorate 9/11... ...than shooting doves to
>raise money for a Republican?
>www-personal.umich.edu/~bgoodsel/post911/2006/09/what-better-way-to-
>commemorate-911.htm
>
>What better way to procrastinate... ... than to update my blog!
>www.sneaker.org/news/2003/ 06/what-better-way-to-procrastinate.html
>
>What Better Way to Spend April Fool's Day, Than with Foolishness?
>blogs.kitsapsun.com/kitsap/tomorrow/archive/2006/03/
>what_better_way_to_spend_april.html
>
>
>
>and an inverted version:
>
>cozy campfires - what better way to end the day?
>camping.about.com/cs/advicetips/a/campingbasics10.htm
>
And then there's "what a better way to...", which I've always assumed
to be a Jerry Cohenian blend of "what a good way..." and "what better
way"

LH

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