Putting that into your sentence,. The problem is that it's the book that's worthy of you reading it, not this "it". You can use worthy , but you have to change the sentence to make the book the thing that is worthy:. That noun phrase your reading it is grammatically correct, but not very nice.
A more idiomatic sentence would be:. Worthy: having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in a specified way. Something is worthwhile to do worth the time, money, or effort spent to do.
The reward is worthwhile to fight for The reward is worth fighting for. Perhaps they are demonstrating their interest and sincere desire to learn, or to consider a viewpoint different to their own.
This is the same as saying that reading it would be worthwhile to you. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. FilleDuMonde Member Italiano. How would you explain the difference between those two adjectives? I am not sure either of these options makes a lot of sense, Fille.
Do you mean you want to copy European governments' policies in your home, for example when doing your on-line shopping? Last edited: Jan 29, Worthy and worthwhile are not synonymous. I suggest you consult the WR dictionary.
The distinctions are clear. I cannot see a model of something being worthwhile in your sample's context. English-Ireland top end. The dictionary entries worthy and worthwhile should help. There are also two other threads listed at worthy worthwhile.
Only the user who asked this question will see who disagreed with this answer. Read more comments. Worthwhile is an adjective which is used to describe that something is meaningful. It was worthwhile to contribute. Worth could be a noun which means the value of something. It could also be an adjective to describe that something is of sufficiently good value.
This cake was worth my money. See a translation. With this structure the object of the -ing clause is made the subject of the sentence and the preparatory it becomes superfluous:. Be worth a lot of money. Worth is also often followed by a noun phrase when we are discussing the monetary value of something or somebody and saying how much it or they are worth. With this construction the question forms how much and what are often used:. With these expressions we are saying how good, useful or reliable something or someone is:.
Note that to be worth your weight in gold and not worth the paper they are printed on are both idioms. Word order cannot be changed. If you say it will be worth your while to do something , it means that you will get some financial advantage or benefit from it, even though it may take some time or trouble:.
Note from the above example that worth can also be modified by well to make the expression well worth. If something is worthwhile it is well worth the time, money or effort that you spend on it:. Sometimes, worthwhile simply means of value and can be used in a similar way to worth with preliminary it.
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