If you were any slower

Xinfu · #1 July 16, 2015, 10:42 AM

-Honestly, if you were any slower, you'd be going backward.

What do the whole sentence mean? backward does not sound usual here.

**Rusty** · #2 July 16, 2015, 03:57 PM

The sentence is perfectly fine.

If you were (moving forward) any slower (than at present), you'd be going backward (in the reverse direction).

Xinfu · #3 July 19, 2015, 04:44 AM

Thank you.

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