If you like sth best or like it the best, you prefer it. The thing I liked best about the show was the music... What was the role you loved the best? Adv-SUPERL
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There is no meaning difference between The thing I liked best and The thing I liked the best?
Anonymous There is no meaning difference between The thing I liked best and The thing I liked the best? You need an adverbial to modify 'liked' in your sentence. Grammatically speaking, 'the best' can't modify 'like' because it's a noun phrase.
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AnonymousThere is no meaning difference between The thing I liked best and The thing I liked the best?
You need an adverbial to modify 'liked' in your sentence.
Grammatically speaking, 'the best' can't modify 'like' because it's a noun phrase.
So, the only correct grammatical version is 'The thing I liked best... '.
However, both of them a