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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
- 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
- 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
- grammar - Is it correct to use most + -est together? - English . . .
A bold statement indeed, that Shakespeare could quell the protesters "The most boldest and best" could very well be "the greatest number of the boldest and best" or "the most, the boldest, and the best" And "the most unkindest" could very well be just a lazy way to achieve iambic pentameter Methinks it is indeed
- 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 "
- superlative degree - How when does one use a most? - English Language . . .
This is a special kind of absolute superlative The OED gives as its sense 2 of most adv the following: As an intensive superlative qualifying adjs and advs : In the greatest possible degree For the ceremonial titles, Most Christian, Most Honourable, Most Noble, Most Reverend, etc , see those adjs
- verb agreement - Most of what and is or are - English Language . . .
Maybe you can simply change the construction: Books are what I've most read, or, I've read more books than anything else, or, I've read mostly books 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 I've read, most ARE books
- meaning - What does the word most mean? - English Language Usage . . .
Most people don't live in China, but more people live in China than in any other nation You can say that China is the most populous nation You do not spend most of your time living in house A, but you spend more time living there than anywhere else If you add the definite article it becomes correct You spend the most time living in house A
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