Best enjoyed/enjoy?

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Which sentence is correct:

  1. Best enjoyed with baguette.
  2. Best enjoy with baguette.

And should I use a prefix before the baguette? Thanks.
 

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No.1 is correct and without 'a".

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I'm not sure what tedmc meant by "No 1 is correct and without "a" " - it's not grammatical.

No 1 is incorrect without "a" and it's not a complete sentence. You might see "Best enjoyed with a baguette" under a photograph of, for example, a large glass of cold beer.
 

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it's not a complete sentence. You might see "Best enjoyed with a baguette" under a photograph of, for example, a large glass of cold beer.
Should the complete sentence be 'Cold beer is best enjoyed with a baguette'?
I'm not sure what tedmc meant by "No 1 is correct and without "a" "
I guess it means 'No. 1 is correct and "a" is not needed'.
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Should the complete sentence be 'Cold beer is best enjoyed with a baguette'?

That would be one possible correct sentence.

I guess it means 'No. 1 is correct and "a" is not needed'.
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We could probably all guess at what was meant. I'm going to wait until tedmc comes back to us on this one.
 

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  1. Best enjoyed
  2. Best enjoy

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Hello, Ucul:

Active: A person enjoys this best with a baguette.

Passive: This is best enjoyed with a baguette. / This is enjoyed best with a baguette. (As you can see, you need the past participle "enjoyed."}
 
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Yes, those are phrases and not sentences of course.
'A' is an article, not a prefix.

A cup of hot coffee/ A glass of cold bear is best enjoyed with a baguette.
Hot coffee/Cold beer is best enjoyed with barguette.

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A cup of hot coffee/ A glass of cold bear is best enjoyed with a baguette.
Hot coffee/Cold beer is best enjoyed with barguette.

not a teacher

I definitely don't fancy drinking your first spelling error.
 
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