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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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Hope you will be fine with the best of health and wealth.

1font00Is using 01b01i00the02i02b00 in the following sentence necessary?02font02br
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01font00Hope you will be fine with 01b01i01font00the02font02i02b00 best of health and wealth.02font02br
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00I don't think so because there is no superlative degree involved.02br
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12br 12br 12br 12blockquote 10You do need "the" as you are wishing someone "the best of" something. It's not a good sentence in itself. 02br 02br 01font 00Hope you will have the best of health and wealth02font 00 would express this better0-

— Feebs11

  • 12br 12br 12br 12blockquote 10You do need "the" as you are wishing someone "the best of" something.
  • It's not a good sentence in itself.
  • 02br 02br 01font 00Hope you will have the best of health and wealth02font 00 would express this better0-
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01cite10Jackson661212cite11font10Is using 11b11i10the12i12b10 in the following sentence necessary?12font12br
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1font01b00Hope you will have the best of health and 01font00wealth02font00.02b02font02br
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00What is the purpose of using 01i00wealth02i00 in the above sentence? What if the other person is poor?0-
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0 I don't understand your question. You are wishing the best for the person - current status is irrelevant. Maybe they will inherit a fortune tomorrow.0-
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0Hi Feebs,02br
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01cite10Jackson661212cite10Please have a look on this 11b15012b10. In the view of quoted thread the sentence ''11i10Hope you will have the best of health and wealth12i10'' is wrong and it should be ''11i10Hope you have the best of health and wealth12i10''. 11font
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11font11b10Hope you will have the best of health and 11font10wealth12font10.12b12font12br
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21font21b20Hope you will have the best of health and 21font20wealth22font20.22b22font22br
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Why is there no superlative degree involved? "Best" is the superlative form of "good" therefore "the" is required before "best".
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