MEANING - IS "MOST" EQUIVALENT TO "A MAJORITY OF"? - ENGLISH …
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MOST IS VS MOST ARE - ENGLISH LANGUAGE & USAGE STACK EXCHANGE
Most is what is called a determiner. A determiner is "a word, such as a number, article, personal pronoun, that determines (limits) the meaning of a noun phrase." Some determiners can only … From bing.com
VERB AGREEMENT - "MOST OF WHAT" AND "IS" OR "ARE" - ENGLISH …
Jul 30, 2017 In your example, books ARE what you have read most, so I would agree that in diagrammatic reasoning most of what you've read ARE books. Of all of the various materials … From bing.com
"MOST" VS "THE MOST", SPECIFICALLY AS AN ADVERB AT THE END OF …
Apr 9, 2015 Which one of the following sentences is the most canonical? I know most vs. the most has been explained a lot, but my doubts pertain specifically to which one to use at the … From bing.com
GRAMMAR - IS IT CORRECT TO USE "MOST" + "-EST" TOGETHER? - ENGLISH ...
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'A MOST' -- IS IT ODD USAGE? - ENGLISH LANGUAGE & USAGE STACK …
Apr 24, 2017 Grammar books routinely insist on "the most" as for all superlatives, but I can recall certain cases where 'most' has not been used as 'the superlative' but only as 'a superlative!' … From bing.com
WHAT DOES THE WORD "MOST" MEAN? - ENGLISH LANGUAGE & USAGE …
Oct 24, 2016 Most is defined by the attributes you apply to it. "Most of your time" would imply more than half, "the most time" implies more than the rest in your stated set. Your time implies … From bing.com
"MOST OF WHICH" OR "MOST OF WHOM" OR "MOST OF WHO"?
Apr 1, 2022 Since "most of _____" is a prepositional phrase, the correct usage would be "most of whom." The phrase "most of who" should probably never be used. Another way to think about … From bing.com
SUPERLATIVE DEGREE - HOW/WHEN DOES ONE USE "A MOST"? - ENGLISH …
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GRAMMAR - WHEN TO USE "MOST" OR "THE MOST" - ENGLISH LANGUAGE …
Jul 7, 2015 The adverbial use of the definite noun the most synonymous with the bare-adverbial most to modify an entire clause or predicate has been in use since at least the 1500s and is an … From bing.com
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