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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Flimsiest

People were being arrested on the flimsiest of pretexts.



I would just like to know the part of speech of the italic word?



By analogy, can I say?

Tokyo is the largest of cities in Japan.



Thank you.
  

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Anonymous I would just like to know the part of speech of the italic word? It is an adjective in the superlative degree. Anonymous Tokyo is the largest of the cities in Japan.

  • Anonymous I would just like to know the part of speech of the italic word?
  • It is an adjective in the superlative degree.
  • Anonymous Tokyo is the largest of the cities in Japan.
  • Yes.
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AnonymousI would just like to know the part of speech of the italic word?
It is an adjective in the superlative degree.
AnonymousTokyo is the largest of the cities in Japan.
Yes.
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If the sentence is recast into the below, are they correct?

1. Tokyo is the largest city in Japan.

2. Tokyo is the city of the largest in Japan.
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If the sentence is recast into the below, are they correct?
1. Tokyo is the largest city in Japan. Yes
2. Tokyo is the city of the largest in Japan. No

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