關於the most 與the best
今天做題目遇到一題
among all the committee members,mr. smith is \_\_\_\_\_\_ one for employees'
rights and benefits.
a.more support 
b.the best support 
c.the most supportive 
d.more supportive 

問題1.沒記錯的話the best 與the most都是最高級且用於3者以上
 答案是c，b不能選的原因是?是否把support改成supportive變成形容詞就可?
 那是這樣的話,也就是說the best 與the most後面要先接形容詞是嗎?

問題2.怕自己認知錯誤，可否說明一下the best 與the most的不同
我直接回答 the most 和 the best 的不同.


先複習一下:
有的形容詞比較級是在前面加上 more, 最高級是在前面加上 most.
有的形容詞比較級是在後面加上 -er, 最高級是在前面加上 -est. 如: richer, richest.
有的形容詞比較級和最高級是不同字. 如 good(well) / better / best


(1) among all the committee members, mr. smith is the most supportive one for employees' rights and benefits.
在這個句子裡, the most supportive 是 supportive 的最高級. 
我把句子改寫簡單一點, 讓你比較一下這三句:
(2) among all the students, john is the tallest one. 
(3) among all the students, mary is the most beautiful one. 

你會發現(1), (2), (3)其實是一樣的結構. 只是因為形容詞不同, 所以最高級的型態不同.

再來, 從簡單的開始, 在(3)中, 如果我們把 the most beautiful 換成 the best beautiful one 會變怎樣呢?
(4) among all the students, mary is the best beautiful one. 
先不管這個句子有沒有意義, 我特意將 beautiful one 標示成同一個顏色, 就是要讓你看出, 此時 best 這個字修飾的是 beautiful one 而不是beautiful.
換上一個有意義的句子:
(5) the best supportive bras have an inner support triangle that positions and supports the breast.
(6) clinical studies are being conducted without a clear definition of the best supportive care provided in the comparator arms of trials.
(7) the best supportive role that most adults can play is simply as a source of encouragement.

所以在這個題目中, 就算(b)這個選項改成the best supportive還是不能選, 原因是因為句意不對.

最後, 講一點關於the best 和 the most的相同, 就是the best 有一些慣用說法可以取代 the most 或是和 the most意思很接近. 我想這可能是你會混淆的原因.
if you like something best or like it the best, you prefer it.
ex: the thing i liked best about the show was the music.if you say that a particular person knows best, you mean that they have a lot of experience and should therefore be trusted to make decisions for other people.
ex: he was convinced that doctors and dentists knew best.

 2014-09-12 00:25:24 補充：
我也不太理解為什麼要去質或是量來去區分該用什麼, 這好像把問題複雜化了. the best除了我講的兩種習慣用法之外, 都是當成 good/well 的最高級, 如果你用good/well 解釋不通, 就代表不能用the best.

 2014-09-12 00:27:55 補充：
she is the most beautiful girl in her class. 你要說的是她是最漂亮(the most beautiful girl), 並不是要說她是最好的(the best girl), 所以當然是要用 the most. 應該沒有the best的問題.
1) Why "you"? "tous les deux" does not define who is being referenced, so it could be also "them" or "us" right?


2) Why in this case "soutenir" is not conjugated to agree with "vous" and is translated in an indefinite form? hello jennysh,
 


 you can say both because 'choice' is both a countable and an uncountable noun, and in most contexts you can use them interchangeably.
 


 when you use it as an uncountable noun, it's more general: there's so much choice on this menu.
 


 when you use it as a countable noun, it becomes more specific: there are ten choices of fish dishes. want, regard, praise, include, push, buy, warm, pay attention, let go, encourage, permit, admit, allow, support, flatter, compliment, accept, sanction, approve, release, socialize, respect, be friendly, use, heat, welcome, note. Best is to contact customer support. chat and what about guessing? are you good at guessing? try to guess if i am or not, if you guess right you choose your reward ;p be irritated and raise your concerns. working moms would have more help if men were given more benefits. it's great for everyone. you can pick 1 senior in 5 ways, 1 junior in 4 ways, 1 sophomore in 3 ways and i freshman in 2 ways.
in all you can make these selections i 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 ways = 120 ways.
 
please note: selecting a committee is a "combination" problem, not a "permutation". In this case the second sentence should be the correct one! 


when the adj. comes before the noun we use ''de''
If the adj. comes after the noun like: ( langues nouvelles )'' les'' is better to use than ''des'' in this case. because langues takes the definite article. Hope it helped ! I am not a native and ready to be corrected! yes. "those" means approximately "the items over there." if you were to instead say "these oars," you would be saying "the oars right here near me." either could be correct, dpending on meaning.on the other hand, "all right" is two words. :)best wishes! it all varies depending on the team.if you’re close to production, pressure is high. outside of this there are a lot of variation, but in general people are working a lot. this is not really that there are explicit pressure to work long hours but many are very committed , and i think that when you are joining a team you’re more likely to pick up the same rythme.in terms of compensation, it depends on the role / the team and how much they want you after the on-site, but they will in general align on other offers you may have (from google/fb/apple/amazon/...)