2.119 used as modifiers

Superlatives can be used as modifiers in front of a noun.

• He was the cleverest man I ever knew.
• It was the most exciting summer of their lives.
• She came out of the thickest part of the crowd.
• Now we come to the most important thing.
• ...the oldest rock paintings in North America.
• ...the most eminent scientists in Britain.

Note that superlatives can also be used as modifiers in front of 'one'.

• No one ever used the smallest one.