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Julius_ Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Use of superlatives

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Is this sentence correct?

Tom can run the fastest in the class.

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Julius_
  

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It's perfectly intelligible, and it's a sentence that native speakers might use. Even so, when written down it looks slightly clumsy to me. I prefer "Tom can run faster than anyone else in the class".

— Mr Wordy

  • It's perfectly intelligible, and it's a sentence that native speakers might use.
  • Even so, when written down it looks slightly clumsy to me.
  • I prefer "Tom can run faster than anyone else in the class".
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It's perfectly intelligible, and it's a sentence that native speakers might use. Even so, when written down it looks slightly clumsy to me. I prefer "Tom can run faster than anyone else in the class".
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