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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
- 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 - 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
- differences - Most important vs most importantly - English Language . . .
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
- Mostest vs. most - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Most is already in superlative form, so adding -est is redundant and ungrammatical It was popularized, however, in the saying (intentionally ungrammatical, to convey a sense of crude common sense): "getting thar fustest with the mostest"
- adverbs - Which is more common - the most or most? - English . . .
What I loved most [of all] was being able to play in the woods as a child But one might say: What I loved the most [about my childhood] was being able to play in the woods I would conclude that an indefinite "most" is slightly more general and less dependent on context than "the most "
- grammar - Is it most or the most or most of time? - English . . .
Nobody spends most money, either, pretty much only a government could lay claim to that Time is even more egalitarian The #1 forms I found on google all included a scope for the (likely insulting) generalization to which "most time" would apply
- How would one know when to choose preferred or preferable?
When used as an adjective, the word "preferred" generally precedes the noun that it defines (preferred customers, preferred method, preferred means, preferred spelling, etc ) e g E-mails are most doctors' preferred means of communication When the word is used after a noun, it is generally used as a passive or active verb and not an adjective
- Is funnest a word? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
My 2 cents, do not use "funnest", replace it with "the best" E g : "That was the funnest party ever!" vs "That was the best party ever!" For the nit-picky, the best way of saying the above would be "That was the most fun I've ever had at a party" p s English is not my first language –
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