[Grammar] Is the phrase "at the cheapest price" able to abbreviate to "the cheapest"?

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Re: Is the phrase "at the cheapest price" able to abbreviate to "the cheapest"?

I tried it too for the sake of experimentation. I searched "most cheaply" (including the quotation marks) and limited it to Google Books. I got 41,500 - fairly similar to The Parser's result.
 

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Re: Is the phrase "at the cheapest price" able to abbreviate to "the cheapest"?

Is the title of this thread correct? May I say 'Can the phrase "at the cheapest price" be abbreviated to "the cheapest"?'

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Re: Is the phrase "at the cheapest price" able to abbreviate to "the cheapest"?

Is the title of this thread correct? May I say 'Can the phrase "at the cheapest price" be abbreviated to "the cheapest"?'

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The title is not grammatically correct. It should be either "Is it possible to abbreviate XXX to YYY?" or "Can XXX be abbreviated to YYY?"
 
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