What is the difference between it smells most delicious. and it smells "the" most delicious.?
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I googled them and t pages which have the first one in them a lot came up but none of pages which have the second one came up.

what's wrong with the second sentence?

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jamesavery98

24 Dec 2017

English (US)

"It smells most delicious" is advanced grammar. It kind of means "It smells quite/very delicious" and it sounds very formal/educated. For example: You have been most helpful, thank you! (you have been very helpful...)

It smells 'the' most delicious on the other hand is a superlative statement. For example: You have been the most helpful of everyone, thank you!

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hhhhqqqq

24 Dec 2017

Japanese

@jamesavery98
thank you!!

but I can't get a single page on which there is the sentence on google ,which has billions of pages.

something's wrong with the sentence, isn't it?

jamesavery98

24 Dec 2017

English (US)

@hhhhqqqq, which sentence can't you find? The second one? ("It smells the most delicious"?)

Because I can only interpret that one way... that there is more than one option. For example, there is an apple pie and a cherry pie... "the apple pie smells the most delicious". Sometimes people might omit the "the" in superlative sentences however. For example, "who is (the) fastest?" BUT I would recommend always including the "the" in such cases.

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What is the difference between it smells most delicious. and it smells "the" most delicious.?Feel free to just provide example sentences.

What is the difference between it smells most delicious. and it smells "the" most delicious.?
Feel free to just provide example sentences.