In the context of a person, use “is” if the person is still in the role/relationship you are talking about, and “was” if they’re not in that role/relationship anymore. “Ever” means “of all time”, but the exact meaning changes with the tense. When the subject and the auxiliary verb are swapped over, it’s called inversion. For a more thorough explanation of why the two formats look the same, see JavaLatte’s answer and note that “the best” is a complement.

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3 “It’s best (if) he (not) buy it tomorrow.” is not a subjunctive form, and some options do not work well. I experience, I am experiencing, I have experienced it, I have experienced it best. Use “is the best ever” if the thing is currently happening, or ongoing. So, “It is the best ever” means it’s the best of all time, up to the present.

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It may be confusing because sometimes, “experienced” is also used as an adjective (meaning expert) (link). We use articles like the and a before nouns, like car. The word “best” is an adjective, and adjectives do not take articles by themselves. Because the noun car is modified by the superlative adjective best, and because this makes the noun car definite in this context, we use the.

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But when I mean it in another way using ‘way’, I get it mixed up. How should we combine “best ever” and a noun in general. I searched on the internet and only found “best song ever” combination. Your example already shows how to use “best” as an adverb.

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The best way to use “the best way” is to follow it with an infinitive. This should be one of the 3B variants (3B1, 3B2, or 3B3). 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 will happen, and approves of it.

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