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- grammar - When to use most or the most - English Language Usage . . .
"But what I remembered most is moving a lot" is correct, with or without "the" Although "the most" is the superlative, preferable Here, "most" is used as an adverb modifying the verb "remember", meaning "to the greatest extent" There may be other examples, where it can mean "extremely" as in the following:"it was most kind of you", "that is
- meaning - Is most equivalent to a majority of? - English Language . . .
"Most of the children chose cauliflower " Probably means a majority "Cauliflower was chosen the most " Could be just a plurality But wow, it's pretty vague It might be very hard to say without a complete context, and even then could be ambiguous Note "most" can also be used in a subjective sense "I hate cauliflower the most "
- Most is vs most are - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Most men are stupid B Most of the men in that club are stupid C Most of the men in the world are stupid Sentences A and C seem the same in principle, but only A is completely unlimited The same applies to uncountable nouns D I've put most of the sand in that barrel
- alphabet - What word contains the most unique letters? - English . . .
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- grammar - Is most favorite a valid combination? - English Language . . .
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
- differences - much of the time vs most of the time - English . . .
Most of the time is an expression indicating that something happens more often than not, usually much more often Much of the time I would normally only use where you could not substitute often , a simpler word, which is the case especially when it is about a large chunk or chunks of a period, not merely a frequent number of times
- Which is correct - most quiet or quietest? [duplicate]
Since quiet is a two-syllable adjetive, the rule-of-thumb would make more quiet and most quiet the expected comparative forms; however, quietest and quieter are six-times more common (or, as many would say, "commoner " Both forms are correct, but the single-word construction is what the American ear expects to hear
- Most important vs most importantly - English Language Usage Stack . . .
To cite example 1 ("Most importantly [what is most important is that], Bob is dead") grammatically means that Bob is "importantly dead" Maybe that means Bob is a martyr or that Bob, though dead, has the willpower to be dead in a glorious fashion
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