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- superlative degree - How when does one use a most? - English Language . . .
I've recently come across a novel called A most wanted man, after which being curious I found a TV episode called A most unusual camera Could someone shed some light on how to use "a most" and wh
- 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 be used with either a countable noun or an uncountable noun, while others, like most, can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns Uncountable nouns usually take a singular verb So, in your
- grammar - When to use most or the most - English Language Usage . . .
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 integral part of English
- adverbs - Which is more common - the most or most? - English . . .
1 If your question is about frequency, in both the Corpus of Contemporary English and the British National Corpus there are three times as many records for most as for the most
- word choice - Most importantly or more importantly? - English . . .
Which of the following two sentences is more correct? "A picture says a thousand words, more importantly in a fraction of a second" OR "A picture says a thousand words, most importantly in a fract
- meaning - Is most equivalent to a majority of? - English Language . . .
Here "most" means "a plurality" Most dentists recommend Colgate toothpaste Here it is ambiguous about whether there is a bare majority or a comfortable majority From the 2nd Language Log link: I searched on Google for the pattern "most * percent", and picked out of the first 150 hits all the examples like these:
- Is most favorite a valid combination? - English Language Usage . . .
Most favorite and least favorite are both commonly used by native speakers The way favorite and unique are used by people who have better things to do than worry about the minutiae of grammar is closer to a hyperbole than a logical statement about something
- Most of which or most of whom or most of who?
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 the difference between the subjective objective pronouns is to revise the sentence to include a personal pronoun and see which form (he him or she her or they them) fit
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