So,according to my understanding, depending on the Verb in the sentence, i should use best/the best/ most/the most Not interchangibly.otherwise, the meaning of the sentence would be very different:" we all tell jokes in this office,but John actually tells The best"= his jokes are the funniest. Vs"we all tell jokes in this office,but John ...
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3. The confusion arises because the word best can be used as any of several different parts of speech. On the linked page, best is used as an adverb, modifying the verb knew. In that context, the phrase the best can also be used as if it were an adverb. The meaning is approximately the same in that case.
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"Which one is the best" is obviously a question format, so it makes sense that"which one the best is" should be the correct form. This is very good instinct, and you could even argue that the grammar is good, but at best it's unnatural. When we replace the superlative"the best" with the normal version, we get this:
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1. Ah, the difference between semantics and romantics..."I love you more than anything in the whole (wide) world." ="I love you most (of all)." to say"I love you (the) best" though grammatically correct, may not be the best thing to say romantically (since she will be wondering what she's being compared to...) – Peter. Oct 20, 2016 at 6:21.
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The best of all is" My Pleasure". because it suggests that you accepted the opportunity and tried your best to help and solve the issue and gave the best solution that really worked for the person. So, it works for both, accepting the challenges as well as replying politely and accept the appreciation....
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Steve's suggestion is the best, but if you want to apologise in a more formal way, then: I deeply regret what occurred, and I promise that I will make every effort and do everything in my power to prevent its reoccurrence. (Very formal)
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So," It is the best ever" means it's the best of all time, up to the present." It was the best ever" means either it was the best up to that point in time, and a better one may have happened since then, or it includes up to the present. So," Michael Jordan was the best player of all time" could mean that at he was once considered the best ...
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This is the best car in the garage. We use articles like the and a before nouns, like car. The word"best" is an adjective, and adjectives do not take articles by themselves. Because the noun car is modified by the superlative adjective best, and because this makes the noun car definite in this context, we use the. It is best not to do something.
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There's also the setting of expectation:"I did my best" sets an expectation of being passable to high quality."I did the best I could" sets a lower expectation. Further to the above, variations of each phrase can be used to comment on someone else's work:"You did your best" says I didn't expect any better.
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They just don't seem very idiomatic to me as a BrE speaker. 'This is the best [x] ever!'. Without the 'that I've heard' the second one would be very idiomatic to say in conversation. best ever [x] I (personally) wouldn't use this type of phrasing - at least not in speech. 'This [x] is the best ever'. I would phrase it like this (or just 'This ...
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