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  1. grammar - When to use "most" or "the most" - English Language …

    Jul 7, 2015 · "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 …

  2. 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. …

  3. meaning - Is "most" equivalent to "a majority of"? - English …

    "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 …

  4. 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 …

  5. differences - "Most important" vs "most importantly" - English …

    Oct 22, 2014 · 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 …

  6. verb agreement - "Most of what" and "is" or "are" - English …

    Jul 30, 2017 · 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 …

  7. grammar - Is it "most" or "the most" or "most of time"? - English ...

    Jan 8, 2015 · 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 …

  8. "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 …

  9. How would one know when to choose 'preferred' or 'preferable'?

    Sep 27, 2013 · When used as an adjective, the word "preferred" generally precedes the noun that it defines (preferred customers, preferred method, preferred means, preferred spelling, etc.) …

  10. What is the difference between "probably" and "possibly"?

    In the most common case with 2 alternatives, probably means something is more likely to happen than not. With 5 alternatives, probability of the event is >20%. Possibly implies a non-zero …