Klavier  +  48385 Fri, 01 Oct 04 12:08 AM Could anyone give me more examples for the superlative of adverbs?, I mean, for the most common verbs used in this pattern, because this structure doesn't exist in spanish. I can imagine something like this: He plays the piano the best of my friends. She swims in the river the best of all. He palys the guitar the worst in the world. Are they right? Thanks... Klavier Joined on Thu, Sep 23 2004 Chile Full Member 357 "If I have seen further, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants" Isaac Newton Verbs, Adverbs

	Mephorium  +  48392 Fri, 01 Oct 04 01:56 AM Adverb comparison comes in two flavours; the degrees of comparison by adverb: He plays the piano most beautifully (Superlative form: an adverb (most) used to modify another adverb (beautifully) and by suffix: She swims fastest. (Superlative form: an adverb+suffix comparison). Mephorium Joined on Sun, Sep 26 2004 New Member 33 Verbs, Adverbs

	CalifJim  +  48421 Fri, 01 Oct 04 06:53 AM He plays the piano the best of my friends. She swims in the river the best of all. He plays the guitar the worst in the world. These are all possible, but you don't need the "the" nor the complement phrase, so a few other versions can also be written: He plays the piano best. He plays the piano best of all. He plays the piano the best. She swims best. She swims best of all. She swims the best. He plays the guitar worst. He plays the guitar worst of all. He plays the guitar the worst. Note that the comparative applies to comparisons between two items; the superlative to three or more: De las dos niñas la que canta mejor es Ana. Of the two girls, the one who sings better is Ana. De las tres niñas la que canta mejor es Ana. Of the three girls, the one who sings best is Ana. CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,465 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Verbs, Adverbs

	Klavier  +  50108 Tue, 12 Oct 04 09:09 PM Hi, and thanks, I've got two more questions: I'd like to know what's the right form for slow: He walks slower than... He walks the slowest... or He walks more slowly than... He walks the most slowly... And also, I saw in a book that the superlative for late is "last", I was sure that it was "the latest", so which is wrong? Klavier Verbs, Adverbs

	MrPedantic  +  50123 Tue, 12 Oct 04 11:42 PM Ave, Latin. Correct forms: 1. He walks more slowly than Tiberius. 2. Of all the Roman emperors, Augustus walks the most slowly. 3. Claudius is late, Nero is later, but Justinian is the latest of all. Vale, amice. Pedanticus MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris... Verbs, Adverbs

	Klavier  +  50582 Fri, 15 Oct 04 11:44 PM Salve Mr pedanticus. Thanks. Nice sense of humor Klavier Verbs, Adverbs

	mychocolatebox1  +  101061 Thu, 19 May 05 06:16 AM wow...it does really help me alot....thx... mychocolatebox1 Joined on Thu, May 19 2005 New Member 01 Verbs, Adverbs

	woodcutter  +  101067 Thu, 19 May 05 07:18 AM He plays the guitar the worst in the world???? To my ears, we need a clearer designation. "Of all the people in the world, he...." and for the the other similar sentence which Jim said was OK "among my friends" or "of all" etc woodcutter Joined on Wed, Dec 8 2004 Junior Member 96 Verbs, Adverbs

	Lcwang  +  139119 Mon, 19 Sep 05 06:23 AM  Woodcutter wrote: He plays the guitar the worst in the world???? To my ears, we need a clearer designation. "Of all the people in the world, he...." and for the the other similar sentence which Jim said was OK "among my friends" or "of all" etc   Hi, Woodcutter. Do you mean that 'He plays the guitar the worst in the world' doesn't sound right to your ear? I'm a foreign learner of English. And I was taught, somehow,  to believe that an adverb shall not take an article. Only nouns take articles. So I would think that the quoted sentence shall be 'He plays the guitar worst in the world'  to be grammatically correct. Problem is that I do see a lot of sentences such as 'Which of the seasons do you like the best?' exist. Is there a expanton why best, as an adverb, takes an article?  Lcwang Joined on Mon, Aug 29 2005 Junior Member 94 Articles, Verbs, Nouns, Adverbs