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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Part of speech of THE

I was just wondering to myself....

If i like my student least, least should be an adverb modifying like, right?

But if i say i like him THE least, what function is THE serving?

Just a little question for those grammarians out there Emotion: smile

Feel free to say so if you think the question is stupid!
  

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Superlatives can be preceded by a determiner for additional emphasis. See the section on "premodifiers with degrees of adjectives" in this link.

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  • Superlatives can be preceded by a determiner for additional emphasis.
  • See the section on "premodifiers with degrees of adjectives" in this link.
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Superlatives can be preceded by a determiner for additional emphasis.

See the section on "premodifiers with degrees of adjectives" in this link.
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