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Kjs980508 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Which is correct?

#1. We can cook best in the dorm.
#2. We can cook the best in the dorm.

I know that there should be "the" before the superlative forms of adjectives or adverbs, but my grammar book considers the second one to be the grammatically correct answer.

Can anybody explain why the second one is correct?
Thanks in advance. Emotion: smile
  

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kjs980508 #1. #2. We can cook the best in the dorm.

— Mister Micawber

  • kjs980508 #1.
  • #2.
  • We can cook the best in the dorm.
  • Both are OK, but neither is as natural as 'We can cook better in the dorm'.
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kjs980508#1. We can cook best in the dorm.#2. We can cook the best in the dorm.
Both are OK, but neither is as natural as 'We can cook better in the dorm'.
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Then, do two sentences #1 and #2 mean the same as the example you mentioned in your reply?
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It depends whether you mean that you produce better food after cooking in the dorm than elsewhere, or that you are the best cooks of all the people who are in the dorm.
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I meant the second meaning you mentioned... then how can I make a sentence grammatically correct?
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kjs980508I meant the second meaning you mentioned... then how can I make a sentence grammatically correct?
The simplest way is "We are the best cooks in the dorm".
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Ok. Thanks for your time!
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