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hereinbeijing
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 Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:38 pm Post subject: Grammar question: "most" or "the most" |
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In the following sentence, is it better to use "most" or "the most" ?
I like many sports, but I like basketball (the) most. |
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G Cthulhu
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:47 pm Post subject: Re: Grammar question: "most" or "the most&quo |
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| hereinbeijing wrote: |
In the following sentence, is it better to use "most" or "the most" ?
I like many sports, but I like basketball (the) most. |
There is no "best" in that instance: both are perfectly understandable.
Wittgenstein and all that jazz. (Mind you, if it's going to be marked/tested then go with whichever pattern the student has been taught to cough up.) |
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