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Aga.k Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

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Hello, everyone :-)

I would be much obliged if someone could help me solve the problem I have with the below-quoted phrase. Should the article before "most" be ommited? To the best of my knowledge, "most explicitly" would mean "very explicitly", but I'm not completely sure about it. What I want to say is that the revolt was the most explicit manifestation of social discontent.

... social discontent, manifested the most explicitly by the workers’ revolt ...


  

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the should be omitted here ... Life and Letters of Charles Darwin Volume I by Darwin, Charles ... cautious, anyhow, but, owing to your letter, I told him most EXPLICITLY that I accept his offer solely on condition that, after he has seen part or ...

— Marius Hancu

  • the should be omitted here ...
  • Life and Letters of Charles Darwin Volume I by Darwin, Charles ...
  • cautious, anyhow, but, owing to your letter, I told him most EXPLICITLY that I accept his offer solely on condition that, after he has seen part or ...
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the should be omitted here ...

Life and Letters of Charles Darwin Volume I by Darwin, Charles ...
cautious, anyhow, but, owing to your letter, I told him most EXPLICITLY that I accept his offer solely on condition that, after
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Thank you very much :-) But are you really sure that "most" does not mean "very" in this context?

BTW:

"The is sometimes dropped before superlative adverbs in an informal style.

Who can run (the) fastest?"

(Michael Swan, Practical English Usage. Emphasis mine.)
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