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Discover LudwigThe phrase "better of two" is correct and can be used in written English.
Generally, you can use it when comparing two options and expressing a preference for one of them. For example, "I prefer the better of two alternatives, which is Option A."
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Louis Armstrong was once asked who was the better of two trumpeters called Billy and Bobby.
Djokovic then closed out the game by getting the better of two drop-shot exchanges.
So is: "I expected better of two creatures/who were given minds".
"We did not play well, the better of two bad sides on the day," said Richards, the Newcastle director of rugby.
Anne Fox, president of Massachusetts Citizens for Life, said that her group was backing Mr. Brown because he represented the better of two alternatives.
Electronic controls automatically select the better of two profiles on the same cam for higher efficiency when engine speeds and loads change.
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By voicing their frustrations at each other, France's infamously opinionated players are also demanding better of one another.
We probably had the better of four of the six halves of rugby, but South Africa are a resourceful side and they made their periods of domination count.
Will nerves get the better of one team on the day?
Murrow spends the better part of two evenings each week preparing for his television shows and the better part of two more evenings putting them on.
Shepherdson spent the better part of two decades pursuing Cassius.
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