best/most well-behaved

[bantu]

Tiger won best/most well-behaved dog prize.
What should come: best or most?
(We can use 'best-behaved', can't we?)

And, which is right, "Sudanese women are the most/worst ill-treated in the world"?

 

[owlman5]

We can use "best-behaved", bantu.
I would use "most" in the second sentence. "Worst ill-treated" is unnatural. "Worst-treated" is possible, but it looks strange to me.

 

[bantu]

How about, "Sudanese women are most ill-treated.."?

 

[owlman5]

"Most ill-treated" looks normal to me.

 

[Myridon]

Though "best-behaved" is better in this particular case, you could use "most well-behaved" but not "best well-behaved". It's about having the largest amount of a quality (good behavior), not about doing it the best.

 

[Myridon]

How about, "Sudanese women are most ill-treated.."?

By removing "the" and the object of comparison, you have changed the meaning of the sentence.

 

[bantu]

Though "best-behaved" is better in this particular case, you could use "most well-behaved" but not "best well-behaved". It's about having the largest amount of a quality (good behavior), not about doing it the best.

By removing "the" and the object of comparison, you have changed the meaning of the sentence.

Suppose there is a dog show and all dogs are well-behaved so to speak; then? 'Best' can be used.
And how does it change the meaning if one may ask? We may or may not use 'the'.
'The' ill-treated 'ones/women/people'