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[hiromi525]

Everybody worth knowing was written by Lauren Weisberger, the author of The Devil Wears Prada. I am puzzlled again about the title.
What does Everybody indicate? Who is Everybody? Readers or celebrities in the gossip story like in The Devil Wears Prada?
Thinking about the usage of worth, be verb is necessary just before worth
llike "The ruins are worth visitingm" or "It is worth a try." So I think that
this title formally should be written Everybody who is worth knowing and "who is " can be omitted. Am I right?

[nicewitch]

Well, for me here everybody doesn't mean everybody but only everybody that's worth knowing, or that's worth to meet.

Like if it was a list of people of interest.

Who is everybody? I suppose it is everybody in the list (or in the book)

And I think that you are right, it should be written Everybody who is worth because the right use of worth is "to be worth" but to be can be omitted like in " a thing worth having" or for instance in here everybody worth (something)

So worth can also be used without to be.
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[Bob S.]

[hiromi525]

So far I understand what two teachers explained about.
Then, Do I need to make it passive tense, that is to say "Everybody (who is)worth being known."
I am pazzled again because I know that "The Artist (who is) Formerly Known As Prince" is correct usage.

Could you teach me which sentence is correct.
#1 His speech is worth listening to.
#2 His speech is worth being listened to.

[Bob S.]

[hiromi525]

Thank to ESL teachers, I fully understand the usage of worth
in this case.