Le plus beau du monde entier - The most handsome in the whole world. in my class, in the world, etc.), use de + groupĮ.g.
Note: to introduce a contextual group (e.g. Sandra dresses the least elegantly in the group. Sandra s'habille le moins élégamment du groupe. slowly, fast, nicely) in French, you use the following structures: English There are also differences in form betwee English and French. The forms of superlatives vary depending on whether you're comparing adjectives, verbs, adverbs or nouns. “It is turning out to be the most beautiful, most quiet, largest, most generous, sky-vaulted summer I’ve ever seen or known – inordinately blue, with greener leaves and taller trees than I can remember, and the sound of the lawnmowers all over this valley is a sound I could hum to forever.”Īnother amusing example of superlatives can be found in The Anthologist, by Nicholson Baker, as shown in the above excerpt.Le Superlatif refers to comparisons between two or more items when one comes above all the others, such as the most/the least. Example #6: The Anthologist (By Nicholson Baker) Paul Theroux, in “Subterranean Gothic,” makes a very interesting use of superlative as can be seen in this paragraph. It also has the filthiest trains, the most bizarre graffiti, the noisiest wheels, the craziest passengers, the wildest crimes.” “It has the longest rides of any subway in the world, the biggest stations, the fastest trains, the most track, the most passengers, the most police officers. Example #5: Subterranean Gothic (By Paul Theroux) Joosse has used some beautiful examples of superlatives in her “ I Love You the Purplest. “Max, your can is full of the liveliest worms.īarbara M. “Mama, who has the most worms?” he asked. Example #4: I Love You the Purplest (By Barbara M. The words in bold are two superlative examples. “Or if when thou, the world’s soul, goest
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