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- What does the word most mean? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Most is defined by the attributes you apply to it "Most of your time" would imply more than half, "the most time" implies more than the rest in your stated set Your time implies your total time, where the most time implies more than the rest I think "most" leads to a great deal of ambiguity
- 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:
- 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
- most vs the most, specifically as an adverb at the end of sentence
Which one of the following sentences is the most canonical? I know most vs the most has been explained a lot, but my doubts pertain specifically to which one to use at the end of a sentence Do
- Most vs. most of - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
During most of history, humans were too busy to think about thought Why is "most of history" correct in the above sentence? I could understand the difference between "Most of the people" and "Most
- 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
- 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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