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I have a question about "más/ el más, la más".
For example;
¿Cuál es el país donde la más carne se consume de Europa?
I know it is an incorrect phrase, the correct thing is ->
¿Cuál es el país donde más carne se consume de Europa?
However, I can not explain the reason why it is incorrect, grammatically. It is because "more" only supports the verb "consumir"? or the subject phrase "el consumir"?
Why isn't it necessary to put the article "the"?
You don't need the because it is only needed when más is followed by an adjective:
El más grande, la más fuerte, los más rápidos, las más listas...
So in order to use the you would have to rephrase your sentence like this:
De los países de Europa, ¿cuál es el más carnívoro?
Now that más is followed by carnívoro (an adjective) you can use the. According to the current Spanish Grammar, those are simple (type I) superlatives. But in your example you use a complex (type II) superlative. In this case, the sentences use more elaborated constructions, and the quantifier can be an adjective, an adverb or a noun, as in your case (carne). The Spanish Grammar addresses the subject in paragraphs 45.13ñ et seq. It also shows the following example:
Vamos a la cocina, es el sitio de la casa que tiene más luz a estas horas.
