Most and most of: grammar exercise (2024)

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Most and most of: grammar exercise? ›

We use most before a noun without a determiner. We use most of before a pronoun and a noun with a determiner (e.g. articles, demonstratives and possessives). Most of is also used before personal or geographical names.

When we are talking about the majority of something in general, we use most + noun. When we are talking about the majority of a specific set of something, we use most of the + noun. Most desserts are sweet.

Examples of quantifiers include many, few, several, all, any, some, enough, a lot of, a little, a few, and a great deal of.

If an adjective has two or more syllables, we add 'the most' in front to create the superlative form. For example: She's the most determined candidate we've seen today. It's the most difficult part of my job.

“most of the time” — it's a stock phrase, also time is being used as a single thing, as in for all time, or half the time. “most times” is ok - but most people would use the one above. In this case 'times' is being used as 'an event', as in one time, two times.

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.

“Dearest”, like richest, highest, or greatest, is a superlative - a word used to describe the best of a group. If you only have one wife and simply want to say how much you love her (or how much she cost you) then “my dear wife” would be more appropriate. It's grammatically correct, yes, but slightly ambiguous.

'Most' can be used as an adjective, noun, or adverb. As an adjective, it is the superlative form of much or many. For example, you might have the 'most apples' or the 'most money. ' As a noun, 'most' means the greatest quantity or majority, such as in this sentence: Most people wouldn't understand.

'The' is the most used word in the English-speaking world because it's an essential part of grammar and communication. It would be difficult to speak English without repeatedly using 'the. ' Other frequently used words include 'of,' 'to,' 'and' and 'a. '

When to use lots of and a lot of? ›

Lots of is more informal than a lot of. A lot of and lots of can both be used with plural countable nouns and with singular uncountable nouns for affirmatives, negatives, and questions: We've got lots of things to do. That's a lot of money.

A quantifier is a word that usually goes before a noun to express the quantity of the object; for example, a little milk. Most quantifiers are followed by a noun, though it is also possible to use them without the noun when it is clear what we are referring to. For example, Do you want some milk?

"Too much" of something is generally not considered good. If someone says something like, "I have too much money," they're probably making a joke. On the other hand, "so much" is generally considered a good thing. We use it as an emphasis.

'The most' is used when you are comparing one person or thing with all others. Most is the superlative form of many and much. 'The more' is used to say that if an amount of something increases, another change happens as a result. The more I earn, the more I spend.

This means that the grammatical comparative of “smart” is “smarter” (and “smartest” for the superlative).

Proper use of 'most' requires the size of the set in which the subject is a member: “one of the 10 most.” Without a numeric qualifier, all but the last are potentially included in the set “one of the most.” That (unfortunately) makes it as meaningful as “up to 10… or more!”

If the object after "most" is singular then the verb is singular too, else if the object after "most" is plural then the verb is plural: Most of his ideas are silly.

A singular uncountable noun and a plural countable noun can be used after the term 'most'. As a result, a singular verb is used with uncountable nouns and a plural verb is used with plural countable nouns. Most students hate exams. Most meat of the cow was given to the poor.