Most..Singular/Plural? (2024)

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Is most singular or plural? ›

All, any, enough, more, most, none, and some are singular when they refer to a singular noun, but they are plural whenever they refer to a plural noun. Don't assume that all of the members of a family votes vote the same way. None of the music we heard last night come comes from the baroque period.

enough (plural enoughs)

"people", when used as the plural of "person", requires a verb form that's also in the plural. In your example, "most people" refers to multiple individuals, so you need the plural.

The plural form of answer is answers. Find more words!

We use most + of the + plural noun to talk about the majority of the people or things in a group. Most of the houses are painted white.

The plural form of most nouns is created simply by adding the letter s.

We normally only use enough of when it is followed by a determiner or a pronoun (a/an/the, this/that, my/your/his, you/them, etc.). There isn't enough of that bread to make sandwiches for everyone. I've seen enough of his work to be able to recommend him. There's enough of us to make a difference.

In specific terms using the word “enough” after an adjective means “sufficient to meet a need or satisfy a desire”. But, when enough is used after an adverb it means there is a quantity or degree that satisfies. In adjectives they are used as for example, She is old enough to drive a car.

Always singular: anyone, everyone, someone, someone, anybody, somebody, nobody, each, one, either and neither. Always plural: both, few, many, others, and several. Singular and plural both (depending upon usage): all, any, more, most and some.

Can we use most with people? ›

You use most or most of to talk about the majority of a group of things or people, or the largest part of something. You use most in front of a plural noun which does not have a determiner, such as 'the' or 'a', or a possessive, such as 'my' or 'our', in front of it. Most people agree that stealing is wrong.

The plural of deer is deer. This word is an irregular plural noun The noun deer is both the singular and the plural They saw one deer or They saw two million deer Deer is the preferred plural form of deer, although deers (rarely used) is also an accepted plural.

Mathematics is a plural though often treated as singular. 'Reps' as a short form of representatives is similar. Gym is short for gymnasium, surely, not gymnastics (which is also a plural).

(questions is plural)

The plural of scenery is scenery itself. Scenery is an uncountable noun and uncountable nouns do not have plural forms.

As a noun, 'lives' is plural of 'life'. As a verb 'lives' is 3rd person singular, present tense. As a correctly used word, 'life's' must include the apostrophe, in which case it would be the 'possesive form of 'life' - 'His whole life's work was dedicated to finding a cure for cancer'.

Majority on its own is singular. (However, if you write about a majority of some specified group, such as a majority of employees, you should use the plural form, are.)

Is "more" plural or singular? The answer is no. More is an adverb, used as a comparative qualifier. As an adverb, it does not have number.