I'm the one who drives the car most/I'm the one who drives most the car

[Atari pitfall]

I was told that the following sentences are wrong:

I'm the one who drives the car most.

I'm the one who drives most the car

It seems TO ME acceptable to use "most" in this way. I have the impression that it acts as an adverb over "drives".

And I also was told that the following is right:

I'm the one who drives the car the most.

Wouldn't just the first article be enough? I say this because according to the "English club", that can only have one "main determiner" in a noun phrase.

 

[jutfrank]

Say it like this:

I'm the one who drives the car the most.

Here, the most means 'more than anyone else'. The phrase the most used in this adverbial way must come at the end of the sentence:

*I'm the one who drives the most the car.

Keep the verb (drives) and its direct object (the car) together.

 

[Atari pitfall]

Thank you, Justfrank.

. The phrase the most used in this adverbial way

When we have "the most" as an adverb, will it always come at the end of a sentence?

 

[Barque]

When we have "the most" as an adverb, will it always come at the end of a sentence?

No.

I'm the one who drives the car most.

You asked about this sentence. While most people would insert a "the" before "most", I'm not sure it's wrong without it.

 

[Atari pitfall]

No.

Would it be too much to ask you for an example? ahahaha Thank you very much.

 

[Barque]

He's the most patient person you'll ever come across.

 

[Atari pitfall]

I meant when qualifying a verb, ahaha.

 

[Tarheel]

She helps me the most.

 

[5jj]

She helps me the most.

That's at the end of the sentence.

 

[jutfrank]

When we have "the most" as an adverb, will it always come at the end of a sentence?

I mean it comes directly after the whole of the verb phrase it modifies. The verb phrase includes the verb and any complements.

I like this colour the most.
I like the colour we saw before the most and this colour the least.

 

[Tarheel]

That's at the end of the sentence.

Yes, it is, and that's where I thought it was supposed to be. I don't know what's wrong with "She helps me the most" and I don't know why these posts are funny.

 

[PaulMatthews]

I was told that the following sentences are wrong:

I'm the one who drives the car most.

I'm the one who drives most the car

It seems TO ME acceptable to use "most" in this way. I have the impression that it acts as an adverb over "drives".

And I also was told that the following is right:

I'm the one who drives the car the most.

Wouldn't just the first article be enough? I say this because according to the "English club", that can only have one "main determiner" in a noun phrase.

An object cannot normally be separated from the verb by an adjunct, which explains why your second example is ungrammatical.

In this case, the determinative "the" is functioning as an optional modifier of "most".

 

[Tarheel]

@PaulMatthews What (for us mere mortals) is an adjunct?

 

[PaulMatthews]

@PaulMatthews What (for us mere mortals) is an adjunct?

It's a modifier in clause structure.