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Both sentences could mean the same thing, however I like you best. I like chocolate best, better than anything else can be used when what one is choosing from is not specified I like you the best. Between chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry, I like vanilla the best can be used when choosing from some choices. The second sentence, as you said, contains a superlative, best. In English, unlike in some other languages such as Spanish, the superlative does not require a definite article. In fact, it would actually sound weird to say, It is the best to stay here. The second sentence means this: It is better to stay here than anywhere else. Consider this sentences: This is the best ever song that I've heard. This is the best song ever that I've heard. Which of them is correct? How should we combine best ever and a noun in gen. In your context, the best relates to something , whereas best relates to a course of action. Plastic, wood, or metal container? What was the best choice for this purpose? Plastic, wood, or metal container? What was best to choose for this purpose? Either is acceptable, and the practical meaning is the same, but their referents, implicit not explicit, are different. Either is fine, but (American here) I think Something that best suits your needs would be the most common way of saying it. The word best is an adjective, and adjectives do not take articles by themselves. Because the noun car is modified by the superlative adjective best, and because this makes the noun car definite in this context, we use the. It is best not to do something. Here, we have the adjective best, but this adjective is attached to no noun. Your example already shows how to use best as an adverb. It is also a superlative, like greatest , or highest , so just as you would use it as an adjective to show that something is the ultimate example of it's kind when used as an adverb you do so to indicate that the adjective it precedes is to the highest degree possible. In your example experienced is the past tense of the verb to. So, It is the best ever means it's the best of all time, up to the present. It was the best ever means either it was the best up to that point in time, and a better one may have happened since then, or it includes up to the present. I mean here You are the best at tennis and you are best at tennis , choose the book you like the best or best both of them can have different meanings but most and another adverb in a standalone sentence has a completely different meaning. Which one is the best is obviously a question format, so it makes sense that which one the best is should be the correct form. This is very good instinct, and you could even argue that the grammar is good, but at best it's unnatural.

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