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Courtney
About Superlative, confusing expressions with noun? or without noun?
Here are some samples,
- The Eiffel Tower is the most impressive in Paris.
- Do you agree that Korean beef is the safest in the world?
I would want to put the nouns after the superlative expressions,
but I wonder whether those expressions are grammatically correct themselves, or I've gotta put nouns.
Like,
- The Eiffel Tower is the most impressive monument in Paris.
- Do you agree that Korean beef is the safest food in the world?
I would like to know about the GRAMMAR and how it makes sense,
Thank you in advance!
2019年8月26日 05:02
回答 · 2
If a sentence omits a noun in a structure like this, it means that the writer is avoiding repeating the SAME noun.
The Eiffel Tower is the most impressive in Paris.=The Eiffel tower is the most impressive TOWER in Paris. (Maybe the Arc de Triomphe might be the most impressive MONUMENT)
Korean beef is the safest in the world=Korean beef is the safest BEEF in the world (maybe Italian celery is a safer FOOD).
In general, we try to avoid repeating ourselves whenever possible, so we will often omit repeated words in parallel structures like this. Personally, I would definitely say "Korean beef is the safest in the world" instead of "Korean beef is the safest beef in the world". However, your first example felt a bit strange to me. When a word is part of a name, it is usually OK to repeat it outside of a name. So, to me, "THe Eiffel Tower is the most impressive tower in Paris" sounds better than "The Eiffel Tower is the most impressive in Paris." I would only use the version without "tower" if another nearby sentence or clause already used that word. For instance: "Many cities in the world have become associated with a single impressive tower. The Eiffel Tower is the most impressive in Paris, and the Sears Tower is the most impressive in Chicago."
2019年8月26日
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