difference “What was best” vs “what was the best”? English Language Learners Stack Exchange
The variants of 3 including “not” simply change the event from buying to not buying, but are otherwise the same, and the same options are available. 3B1 expresses doubt over the event, indeed expects it not to happen. 3B2 expresses uncertainty, it might or might not happen. This form assumes or suggests that the purchase […]