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- grammar - Is it correct to use most + -est together? - English . . .
Welcome to the most wildest show on earth Someone pointed out the most wildest and I was wondering if it was OK to use most with a word that ends in -est together
- Do I need to put “the” before “most” in this sentence?
Is putting “ the ” before “most” in this sentence compulsory, optional, or a mistake? Fascination with language and attention to particular regions and communities in America are the most common themes for which Coen brothers’ works are appraised If it is purely optional, how does its presence or lack change the tone of the sentence, in case it does?
- Which do you like best? or Which do you like most?
Most seems to me to connote a larger sample from which to choose It is also asking more (to my way of thinking) for shades of interpretations instead of an authoritative opinion Best limits the choices and the answer seems final What kind of books do you like most? I can see an answer like, I like sci-fi and mysteries
- 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
- 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:
- 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
- What are the most common letters used in pairs after others in the . . .
I have a question which is somewhat similar to What are the most common consonants used in English? (on wikiHow) What are the most common seven letters that come second in pairs after consonants and
- 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
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