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Hachi8 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

the superlative

How do you feel when you see the two sentences below? Both of them are acceptable/understandable?

(a) "She is a most beautiful woman."

(b) "She is the most beautiful woman."

Can both of them be followed by comparison like "of skinny women", "in Japan"??
  

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(a) is possible, but it is a form that is not much used nowadays. It means "She is a very beautiful woman". It cannot naturally be followed by anything.

— Blue Jay

  • (a) is possible, but it is a form that is not much used nowadays.
  • It means "She is a very beautiful woman".
  • It cannot naturally be followed by anything.
  • (b) is incomplete as written.
  • It must be followed by further information, such as "in Japan" or "I have ever met".
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(a) is possible, but it is a form that is not much used nowadays. It means "She is a very beautiful woman". It cannot naturally be followed by anything.
(b) is incomplete as written. It must be followed by further information, such as "in Japan" or "I have ever met".
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>Blue Jay

Thanks Emotion: big smileD So, <a/ an + most/-est > can't be follwed by anything.

However, the same thing ab
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hachi8Thanks D So, <a/ an + most/-est > can't be follwed by anything.
Let me clarify that. You could have additional information in the sentence, just not a comparative.
She is a most beautiful woman in Japan would mean She is a very beautiful woman who lives in Japan.
hachi8However, the same thing
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