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what is the diffrence between adverb and adjective
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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. 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! given: ab=acto prove: ad>acproof:in ∆abc,∠acd = ∠b + ∠bac= ∠acb + ∠bac …as ∠c = ∠b as ab = ac= ∠cad + ∠cda +∠bac …as ∠acb = ∠cad + ∠cda∴∠acd > ∠cdaso the side opposite to ∠acd is the longest∴ad > ac questions are based on a poem. read the poem carefully and pick out the most appropriate answers.a valediction forbidding mourningmy swirling wants, your frozen lips.the grammar turned and attacked me.themes, written under duress.emptiness of the notations.they gave me a drug that slowed the healing of wounds.i want you to see this before i leave:the experience of repetition as deaththe failure of criticism to locate the painthe poster in the bus that said:my bleeding is under controla red plant in a cemetary of plastic wreaths.a last attempt: the language is a dialect called metaphor.these images go unglossed: hair, glacier, flash light.when i think of a landscape i am thinking of a time.when i talk of taking a trip i mean forever.i could say: those mountains have a meaning but further than that i could not say.to do something very common, in my own way.adrienne richwhat is the theme of the poem? identify the false statement in the list below: it is&nbsp; dear student,

anaphora : the use of a word referring back to a
word used earlier in the chapter is known as anaphora meaning the
use of synonyms to refer to one single thing
repetition is the simple repeating of a word, within a
sentence or a poetical line, with no particular placement of the
words
metaphor is an implied simile it is different from
simile because like similes they do not state that one thing is
like another or acts as another but takes that for granted and
proceeds as if the two things were one

â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹regards the first sentence is correct: in indirect speech, you will not get
a question mark at the end
the second sentence is incorrect differ, mismatch, anger, upset, disturb, disappoint, question, offend, displease, oppose, disagree, annoy, miss, reject, refuse, frustrate, neglect, dissatisfy, fail. british english pronounces it with an /f/. american english doesn't. 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. Hi Qiunnn,
it´s confusing, I know :-(
Try to think of it like this
Kein - you use it when you talk about things. "Deine Frau isst keinen Käse, kein Stück" Cheese has a mass, is something
nicht - you use it when you talk about feelings or actions. "Du sprichst nicht" " Du schläfst nicht (action)" aber "Du machst kein Auge zu (an eye is a thing)". In both sentences you say that you can´t sleep but in different ways.
No rule is perfect but with this little memory hook you say it most of the time right.


greez Angel


PS. there´s one more "little" thing. Like I said no rule is perfekt.
When you use a noun than it´s unfortunately different. Nouns like trouble fear ect.
for example
Ich will niemanden ärgern/verärgern (action) BUT Ich will keinen Ärger machen.
Ich will dich nicht ängstigen (action) BUT Ich will Dir keine Angst machen.
or more difficult
Ich will dir nicht weh tun BUT Ich will Dir keinen Schmerz bereiten.
I hope, I didn´t confuse you even more^^