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Klavier Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Superlative of adverbs ( examples)
Could anyone give me more examples for the superlative of adverbs?, I mean, for the most common verbs used in this pattern, because this structure doesn't exist in spanish. I can imagine something like this:
He plays the piano the best of my friends.
She swims in the river the best of all.
He palys the guitar the worst in the world. Are they right? Thanks...
He plays the piano the best of my friends.
She swims in the river the best of all.
He palys the guitar the worst in the world. Are they right? Thanks...
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Adverb comparison comes in two flavours; the degrees of comparison by adverb: He plays the piano most beautifully (Superlative form: an adverb (most) used to modify another adverb (beautifully) and by suffix: She swims fastest. (Superlative form: an adverb+suffix comparison).
- Adverb comparison comes in two flavours; the degrees of comparison by adverb: He plays the piano most beautifully (Superlative form: an adverb (most) used to modify another adverb (beautifully) and by suffix: She swims fastest.
- (Superlative form: an adverb+suffix comparison).
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Adverb comparison comes in two flavours; the degrees of comparison by adverb:
He plays the piano most beautifully (Superlative form: an adverb (most) used to modify another adverb (beautifully)
and by suffix:
She swims fastest. (Superlative form: an adverb+suffix comparison).
He plays the piano most beautifully (Superlative form: an adverb (most) used to modify another adverb (beautifully)
and by suffix:
She swims fastest. (Superlative form: an adverb+suffix comparison).
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He plays the piano the best of my friends.
She swims in the river the best of all.
He plays the guitar the worst in the world.
These are all possible, but you don't need the "the" nor the complement phrase, so a few other versions can also be written:
He plays the piano best. He plays the piano best of all. He plays the piano the best.
She swims best. She swim
She swims in the river the best of all.
He plays the guitar the worst in the world.
These are all possible, but you don't need the "the" nor the complement phrase, so a few other versions can also be written:
He plays the piano best. He plays the piano best of all. He plays the piano the best.
She swims best. She swim
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Hi, and thanks, I've got two more questions: I'd like to know what's the right form for slow:
He walks slower than... He walks the slowest... or
He walks more slowly than... He walks the most slowly...
And also, I saw in a book that the superlative for late is "last", I was sure that it was "the latest", so which is wrong?
He walks slower than... He walks the slowest... or
He walks more slowly than... He walks the most slowly...
And also, I saw in a book that the superlative for late is "last", I was sure that it was "the latest", so which is wrong?
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Ave, Latin.
Correct forms:
1. He walks more slowly than Tiberius.
2. Of all the Roman emperors, Augustus walks the most slowly.
3. Claudius is late, Nero is later, but Justinian is the latest of all.
Vale, amice.
Pedanticus
Correct forms:
1. He walks more slowly than Tiberius.
2. Of all the Roman emperors, Augustus walks the most slowly.
3. Claudius is late, Nero is later, but Justinian is the latest of all.
Vale, amice.
Pedanticus
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00 To my ears, we need a clearer designation. "Of all the people in the world, he...." and for the the other similar sentence which Jim said was OK "among my friends" or "of all" etc 0-
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00 To my ears, we need a clearer designation. "Of all the people in the world, he...." and for the the other similar sentence which Jim said was OK "among my friends" or "of all" etc 0-
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WoodcutterHe plays the guitar the worst in the world????Hi, Woodcutter.
To my ears, we need a clearer designation. "Of all the people in the world, he...." and for the the other similar sentence which Jim said was OK "among my friends" or "of all" etc
Do you mean that 'He plays the guitar the worst in the world' doesn't sound right to your
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Good catch! The more idiomatic version is "He is the worst guitar player in the world" -- but then we've lost the superlative of the adverb.
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CalifJimbut you don't need the "the" nor the complement phrase,If I had to narrow the meaning of the sentence. Is there any option as complement phrase besides using in and of?
He sings worst in town / in the family / in the class.
He plays the guitar best of the three / of all of us.
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