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QuickSand (QuickSand@sbcglobal.net) 2005/07/28 11:48

Whom do you admire the most?

In the above sentence, I think 'the most' is an adverb.

I've learned that we don't use 'the' in front of a superlative adverb.
Then, why do we use 'the most' in the example? What would be wrong
with 'Whom do you admire most?'?



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