Most boring/the most boring

[Rachel Adams]

Hello.

Is there any difference in meaning if I say ''It is most boring movie I have ever seen'' instead of ''it is the most boring movie I have ever seen''?

 

[Yankee]

I would understand both, but you need the article.

 

[Rachel Adams]

Yes.

The first is incorrect.

But isn't the article sometimes omitted?

 

[Rachel Adams]

Yes.

The first is incorrect.

As far as I know in ''She sings most beautifully'' and 'she thinks the most beautifully'' are both correct but the meaning is different. So it's OK not to write an article before an adverb but not before an adjective. Am I right?

 

[jutfrank]

Omitting the article is incorrect, and makes you sound very Russian.

(Edit: I'm talking about the sentence in the original post.)

 

[Rover_KE]

Hello.

Is there any difference in meaning if I say ''It is most boring movie I have ever seen'' instead of ''It is the most boring movie I have ever seen''?

Start every quoted sentence with a capital letter.

 

[Yankee]

As far as I know in ''She sings most beautifully'' and 'she thinks the most beautifully'' are both correct but the meaning is different. So it's OK not to write an article before an adverb but not before an adjective. Am I right?

Well, yes, but I don't like your examples for adverb vs. adjective . "She sings most beautifully". (Adverb) "She thinks the most beautiful thoughts. (Adjective)

 

[Rachel Adams]

I can't think of a context in which that could be correct.

Then why does my book say that before superlatives adverbs and adjectives the definite article can be omitted?

The book's examples: "Which of the boys is (the) strongest?" "She works (the) hardest; her husband doesn't know what work is." Maybe it can be omitted before adverbs that have the same form as adjectives?

 

[GoesStation]

Then why does my book say that before superlative adverbs and adjectives the definite article can be omitted?

Because they can, in some circumstances. If it says they can always be omitted, it's wrong.

 

[Yankee]

I think it would apply to both comparative and superlative. And in my Post #9 "the" could be used or not.

 

[Rachel Adams]

I think it would apply to both comparative and superlative. And in my Post #9 "the" could be used or not.

Sorry, I didn't understand. Are you talking about this question below?
The book's examples: "Which of the boys is (the) strongest?" "She works (the) hardest; her husband doesn't know what work is." Maybe it can be omitted before adverbs that have the same form as adjectives?

 

[Yankee]

Sorry, I didn't understand. Are you talking about this question below? Yes.
The book's examples: "Which of the boys is (the) strongest ([the] stronger)?" Or "Which of the boys is strongest/stronger? "She works (the) hardest OR (the) harder; her husband doesn't know what work is." Maybe it can be omitted before adverbs that have the same form as adjectives? If you mean by "same form", comparative or superlative, yes.

I hope you understand my response. This is not the easiest to explain, because there are exceptions.

 

[Rachel Adams]

I hope you understand my response. This is not the easiest to explain, because there are exceptions.

Yes, thank you. But in this sentence ''The book's examples: "Which of the boys is (the) strongest ([the] stronger)?" ''The'' with ''stronger'' is also possible? Or do I misunderstand something?

 

[Rover_KE]

'Which of the two boys is (the) stronger?' are both correct.

The comparative is only possible when two are being compared.