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Ku1980rose Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

the + superlative adverb

Consider these two sentences:

I get up earliest in my family.

I get up the earliest in my family.

Is it proper to drop the article "the" in the first sentence. Can you do that with a superlative adverb? What's the rule for using the article with the superlative adverb?

I've found information about superlative adjectives and "the", but not superlative adverbs.

Thanks for your help.
  

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You can find lots of answers here:

I bet you'll find even the answer you got to this question the last time you asked it.

CB
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:-)

Oops! I meant to post this on a different website!

Thanks for catching that!
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ku1980rose I meant to post this on a different website!
Were you not happy with the answers you got here?
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I am happy with the help. I am looking for a more definite answer as to why one would be marked wrong over the other. Or why "the" can be omitted. I know the sentences could be stronger if written in other ways, BUT I am looking at these specific sentences.
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Just searching for various opinions on the matter, I guess.
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