superlative sentence: "the"

Hossy   Thursday, July 01, 2004, 09:38 GMT
Which is correct?

This movie was the most interesting.
This movie was most interesting.

Thanks.
Justin   Thursday, July 01, 2004, 10:01 GMT
The first, I think.
Damian   Thursday, July 01, 2004, 10:41 GMT
Actually, both are correct but with different meanings.

The first one was comparative....this movie was the most interesting out of a list of others.

The second meant that this film was just interesting in itself without being compared with any other.
Hossy   Thursday, July 01, 2004, 23:58 GMT
What about these? Are both also correct with differenct meanings?

I found the book the most interesting and recommended it to my friend.
I found the book most interesting and recommended it to my friend.
Damian   Friday, July 02, 2004, 00:11 GMT
I think it is the first one
Corrector cut of hipnosis   Friday, July 02, 2004, 00:23 GMT
This
Corrector the circle power   Friday, July 02, 2004, 00:25 GMT
Message
Xatufan   Friday, July 02, 2004, 23:24 GMT
Virgilio, ya basta!

I'm so sorry, I know Corrector... It's the same person.
Someone   Saturday, July 03, 2004, 23:38 GMT
"I found the book the most interesting and recommended it to my friend."

That means there was a group of books, and the book you are giving to your friend is the most interesting of them.

"I found the book most interesting and recommended it to my friend."

That means there was a single book, and you found it very interesting.
Criostóir   Tuesday, July 06, 2004, 00:19 GMT
Actually, it would sound better to me to say

"I found the most interesting book and recommended it to my friend"

for the first sentence. Or you could say

"I found the book that was most interesting and..."

This implies a comparison among the other books there.

The sentence "I found the book most interesting and recommended it to my friend" implies that you had a high opinion of the book, that it was very interesting, and based on this observation, not a comparison with other books on their interesting-ness, you recommended it.

Criostóir
Am i evil   Tuesday, July 06, 2004, 03:53 GMT
"This movie was the most interesting."
-There's a bunch of movies, and the one you're talking about is the most interesting among them-
superlative.


This movie was most interesting.
-In this case most could be replaced with really,(this is not a common use of most).
positive


"I found this movie more interesting than...whatever"
comparative.