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Persian Learner Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

The + Best

Hi.

Why don't we use the definite article 'The' in these kind of sentence structures?

"Fred found out what customers like best!"

would it be wrong if we said " Fred found out what customers like the best" ?
  

Top answer

" Because 'best' there is an adverb. Persian Learner would it be wrong if we said " Fred found out what customers like the best" ? No; that is another way of saying the same thing.

  • " Because 'best' there is an adverb.
  • Persian Learner would it be wrong if we said " Fred found out what customers like the best" ?
  • No; that is another way of saying the same thing.
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Persian LearnerWhy don't we use the definite article 'The' in these kind of sentence structures?"Fred found out what customers like best!"
Because 'best' there is an adverb.
Persian Learnerwould it be wrong if we said " Fred found out what customers like the best" ?
No; that is another way of saying the same thing.

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