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Fire1 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Done best out of

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A. The middle classes have done best out of town and country planning.

(Sentence A is in 8th~9th lines in the image)


Is "done best out of" a set expression?

I just came across A on the internet, but I'm not quite sure whether "done best out of" is a correct expression. It feels like if it were correct, wouldn't there be "the" in front of "best" like "done the best out of"? Or should it be "made the best out of"?


I have no idea whether the expression is correct and it's a set expression, and if it's correct, it can be interchangeable with "made the best out of" in sentence A.

And lastly, is "best" the direct object of "done"?


Thanks a lot and happy New year!

  

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fire1 Is "done best out of" a set expression? Not as a whole, no, I wouldn't say so. It is just one of various phrases that can be put together in a similar way.

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  • fire1 Is "done best out of" a set expression?
  • Not as a whole, no, I wouldn't say so.
  • It is just one of various phrases that can be put together in a similar way.
  • fire1 It feels like if it were correct, wouldn't there be "the" in front of "best" like "done the best out of"?
  • Both "done best" and "done the best" are possible.
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fire1Is "done best out of" a set expression?

Not as a whole, no, I wouldn't say so. It is just one of various phrases that can be put together in a similar way.

fire1It feels like if it were correct, wouldn't there be "the" in front of "best" like "done the best out of"?

Both "done best" and "done the best" are pos

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fire1And lastly, is "best" the direct object of "done"?

No, "best" is an adverb.

However, in "made the best out of", "the best" is the object of "made".

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