MY | YOUR + superlative + noun – English Grammar Profiler
A noun phrase is a phrase that acts as a noun by describing a noun. A superlative adjective is an adjective that compares a noun to the rest of a group and indicates the highest degree of a quality. To form a noun phrase with ‘my’ or ‘your’ + superlative adjective + noun, you need to choose a noun that can be compared by a quality, and an adjective that can express that quality in the highest degree. For example:
See, now,
that‘s your biggest mistake.
listen to the pronunciation
The example above is typically used to point out a significant error or misjudgment made by the person being addressed. The speaker is drawing attention to a particular action or decision, indicating that it is the most substantial mistake the person has made. The use of “See, now,” at the beginning adds emphasis, suggesting that the speaker wants the listener to understand or acknowledge their error.
In the English Grammar Profile, A2 point 12 in ADJECTIVES is defined as:
form a noun phrase with ‘my’ or ‘your’ + superlative adjective + noun, with a limited range of nouns and contexts.
Note that the only EGP point about superlatives at A1 is the phrase “my best friend”
The other possessive determiners in this structure are covered at B1 on another page. Click here to go to it.
A search in iWeb for:
my|your _JJT _NN
1 YOUR BEST BET 34849 C2 idiom
Your best bet is to pop over here.
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This is an informal way of giving advice. “Your best bet” means the most advantageous course of action or the most likely successful option. “Pop over here” is a casual way of saying “come here”. So, the whole sentence suggests that the most advisable or successful action would be for you to come to this location.
2 MY BEST FRIEND 30957 A1
My best friend is Riva.
PELIC STUDENT, Chinese, Female, Level 2, Writing Class.
3 YOUR BEST FRIEND 18855 4 MY BEST FRIENDS 11483 5 YOUR BEST OPTION 8965 6 YOUR BEST INTEREST 8002
7 MY BEST GUESS 4453
8 YOUR BEST INTERESTS 4397 9 YOUR BEST CHOICE 4348
10 MY OLDEST SON 4139
My oldest son turned around
and looked at me,
and said, “Mom, that‘s not love.”
TED
11 MY BEST ADVICE 4010 12 YOUR BEST FRIENDS 3953 13 MY BIGGEST PROBLEM 3683 14 MY BIGGEST CONCERN 3383 15 MY CLOSEST FRIENDS 3354 16 YOUR BEST WORK 3289 17 MY OLDEST DAUGHTER 3090 18 MY YOUNGEST SON 2930 19 YOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS 2545 20 YOUR BEST FOOT 2478
21 YOUR BEST CHANCE 2400 B1 range
Is it still happening?
Because if it is, getting your side of the story out
might be your best chance of finding help.
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22 MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER 2306 23 MY BIGGEST FEAR 2217 24 YOUR BEST EFFORTS 2063 25 MY BIGGEST ISSUE 2055
26 MY WILDEST DREAMS 1868
27 YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE 1798 28 MY BIGGEST COMPLAINT 1731
29 YOUR BEST CUSTOMERS 1628
30 YOUR BEST SELF 1620 31 MY BIGGEST CHALLENGE 1571 32 MY BEST BET 1542 33 MY BEST EFFORTS 1530 34 YOUR BEST SHOT 1499 35 MY BEST WORK 1487 36 MY BEST INTEREST 1482
37 MY BEST WISHES 1450
38 YOUR BEST OPTIONS 1357
39 MY WORST ENEMY 1313
40 YOUR WILDEST DREAMS 1235 41 MY BEST OPTION 1230 42 YOUR BEST JUDGMENT 1208 43 YOUR NEAREST STORE 1186
44 MY EARLIEST MEMORIES 1178
45 MY FONDEST MEMORIES 1170 46 YOUR BEST DEFENSE 1162 47 MY ELDEST SON 1159 48 YOUR BEST EFFORT 1108
49 YOUR WORST ENEMY 1103
50 YOUR BEST SOURCE 1102 51 YOUR BEST LIFE 1075 52 MY BIGGEST PET 990 53 YOUR BEST YEAR 949 54 YOUR BEST JUDGEMENT 918 55 MY BIGGEST GRIPE 911 56 MY ELDEST DAUGHTER 909 57 MY BEST SHOT 903
58 MY LATEST BOOK 900
59 YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE 840 60 YOUR BEST COURSE 832 61 YOUR NEAREST BRANCH 832
62 YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE 831
63 YOUR BEST BETS 830 64 MY BEST INTERESTS 784
65 MY BEST MEMORIES 776
66 MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES 772
67 YOUR BEST GUESS 770
68 MY LATEST PROJECT 757
69 MY WORST NIGHTMARE 757 70 YOUR BEST FEATURES 735
71 YOUR BEST IDEAS 694
72 YOUR BEST PLAYERS 676 73 MY BEST EFFORT 664 74 YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEM 659 75 MY BEST TIPS 655 76 MY OLDEST CHILD 655 77 MY YOUNGEST CHILD 644
78 MY HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION 640
79 MY OLDEST BROTHER 635 80 MY DEAREST FRIENDS 633 81 MY BIGGEST REGRET 614 82 MY GREATEST FEAR 613
83 MY BEST IDEAS 586
84 MY BIGGEST QUESTION 576 85 YOUR BEST RESOURCE 576 86 MY BIGGEST WORRY 564
87 MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY 563
88 YOUR SAFEST BET 561
89 YOUR BEST ADVICE 549
90 MY BEST TIME 544 91 YOUR GREATEST ASSET 535
92 MY DEEPEST SYMPATHIES 534
93 YOUR BEST TIPS 526 94 MY BEST MATE 511
95 YOUR BIGGEST FANS 510
96 MY YOUNGEST BROTHER 502
97 YOUR PINTEREST ACCOUNT 502
98 MY BEST SUGGESTION 498
99 MY BIGGEST MISTAKE 496
100 YOUR BEST CONTENT 496
*Using A2 vocabulary (advice, customers, deepest, dreams, earliest, fans, guess, highest, ideas, latest, memories, mistake, project, wildest, wishes, worst) or higher, will probably be considered B1 context.