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Believer

#263176 Wed, 06 Sep 06 02:58 AM

Hi, Help me with these.

1. Why should there be indefinite articles As and shouldn't be there the definite articles Thes?

Jenny was a most lovable person.

She is a most beautiful person.

You gave me a correct answer.

2. I think when we are writing a sentence containing proper names like Tropicana Hotel, normally we would attach a definite article the but how about the one underlined? Why it carry no article?

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Marius Hancu

#263184 Wed, 06 Sep 06 03:29 AM

1. Why should there be indefinite articles As and shouldn't be there the definite articles Thes?

Jenny was a most lovable person.

She is a most beautiful person.

You gave me a correct answer.

Because the writer doesn't want to emphasize these are the absolute best in each respect (the most lovable, beautiful, correct), but one of the many (lovable, beautiful, correct) persons or answers. The meaning of "a most" is "very" in the above.

Compare:

a most lovable person = a very lovable person

the most lovable person = the person which is the best (the utmost) in terms of being lovable (in terms of "love-ability") from all those whom I'm considering in this setting