[Grammar] superlatives without 'the'
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Please give us some example sentences.
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He's best when talking to adults.
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If you mean he is "at his best" (he behaves or speaks as well as he possibly can) then that's fine.
If you mean that he is the best out of a group of people at doing something (the others do not behave or speak as well as he does), then you need the article.
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