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Johnson13 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

most striking of all is the thirty-third chapter of The Antiiquary

A sentence:

most striking of all is the thirty-third chapter of The Antiquary

If we are comparing different things, we use THE: The most XYZ of ...

If we are comparing a thing itself, we don't use the:

She works hardest when she XYZ...

But the sentence above obviously refers to comparison between chapters etc., why not THE MOST...?
  

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Johnson13 most striking of all is the thirty-third chapter of The Antiquary I would certainly say the most here.

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Johnson13most striking of all is the thirty-third chapter of The Antiquary
I would certainly say the most here.
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How about this? The absence of THE seems natural, but it seems grammar requires it presence:

In UK English, the dictionary that carries most weight is the Oxford English Dictionary.
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Thanks.

As usual, I tried to find more posts in the forum on this topic, but the most helpful one is not that related.

According to CalifJim, for

The thing that I enjoyed the most was to serve the ACDC band

THE is omissible.

But for

We have to get down to what is most crucial.

Before MOST must THE be added?

In fact, I've seen
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Johnson13the dictionary that carries most weight is the Oxford English Dictionary.
It doesn't sound natural to me without the.
Johnson13The thing that I enjoyed the most was to serve the ACDC band
THE is omissible.
Yes.
Johnson13We have to get down to what is most crucial.
Before MOST m
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Aspara Gus I have yet to come across a rule on this
I have encountered some 'rules' in my time, but none that have been completely satisfactory.
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