BY FAR + superlative adjective
B2 premodifer ‘by far’ to make a superlative adjective stronger
Point 62 in the category of adjectives in the English Grammar Profile.
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superlative
A ‘superlative’ can be an adjective phrase or adverb phrase.
Superlatives express the highest or a very high degree of a quality.
superlative adjective without a following noun
Which superlative adjective should we learn at higher levels?
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the + slightest | faintest + noun
One must wonder what the precise choice of collocating nouns is for this C2 point on the English Grammar Profile: 77 ADJECTIVES superlatives C2 USE: ‘the slightest’, ‘the faintest’ with a specific range of nouns to express the least amount possible, most frequently following a negative verb form The word “slightest” already means the least
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