What is the difference between them?
“That was my singular interview with Professor Moriarty. I confess that it left an unpleasant effect upon my mind. His soft, precise fashion of speech leaves a conviction of sincerity which a mere bully could not produce. Of course, you will say: 'Why not take police precautions against him?' the reason is that I am well convinced that it is from his agents the blow will fall. I have the best of proofs that it would be so.”
The Final Problem
Sherlock Holmes Illustrated and Complete
Doyle, Arthur Conan
Hi. Can we say "I have the best proofs" here? What is the difference between "I have the best of proofs" and "I have the best proofs"?
Thank you.
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I'm just trying to understand the grammar of the construction "superlative + of + noun". Could you please explain it with some similar examples?
- I'm just trying to understand the grammar of the construction "superlative + of + noun".
- Could you please explain it with some similar examples?
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I'm just trying to understand the grammar of the construction "superlative + of + noun". Could you please explain it with some similar examples?
0zuotengdazuo "I have the best of proofs."
If he can imagine all the possible proofs and put them in order of effectiveness, then he has the one at the top of that list. Best here can mean a handful, but not very many.
There is a famous saying "This is the best of all possible worlds" which was brutally satirized in the story "Candide" by the famous wr
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