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Vsuresh Posted 10 years ago
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Can we use most without the to mean it is an essential or indispensable thing?

Water is most important for our life on the planet.
  

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vsuresh Water is most important for our life on the planet. That sentence is fine. vsuresh Can we use most without the to mean it is an essential or indispensable thing?

  • vsuresh Water is most important for our life on the planet.
  • That sentence is fine.
  • vsuresh Can we use most without the to mean it is an essential or indispensable thing?
  • I think it carries that meaning inevitably unless the context makes it obvious that 'most' means 'very'.
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vsureshWater is most important for our life on the planet.
That sentence is fine.
vsureshCan we use most without the to mean it is an essential or indispensable thing?
I think it carries that meaning inevitably unless the context makes it obvious that 'most' means 'very'.

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