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Bbk_agp Posted 16 years ago
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Greatest/the greatest?
Sunlight intensity is greatest/the greatest in the middle of the day when one would be advise to stay indoors.
greatest/the greatest, which one is correct? Can "the" be omitted? Is there any general rule for this?
greatest/the greatest, which one is correct? Can "the" be omitted? Is there any general rule for this?
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Greatest without the is correct. In this case, greatest is used as a description of a measurement of the intensity of the sunlight, so no "the" is required. But, if you said, "William Shakespeare is the greatest writer in the English language," you do need "the" because it is a comparitive, not a measurement.
- Greatest without the is correct.
- In this case, greatest is used as a description of a measurement of the intensity of the sunlight, so no "the" is required.
- But, if you said, "William Shakespeare is the greatest writer in the English language," you do need "the" because it is a comparitive, not a measurement.
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Greatest without the is correct. In this case, greatest is used as a description of a measurement of the intensity of the sunlight, so no "the" is required.
But, if you said, "William Shakespeare is the greatest writer in the English language," you do need "the" because it is a comparitive, not a measurement.
But, if you said, "William Shakespeare is the greatest writer in the English language," you do need "the" because it is a comparitive, not a measurement.
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