Jul 7, 2015 · 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 …

Apr 9, 2015 · 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 …

Feb 28, 2019 · As Mitch says, most native speakers rarely use whom at all. To the extent that they do use it, though, this precise context (as the object of a preposition) is by far the most …

Feb 2, 2017 · Isn't "the" in "the most of us" redundant? Context: We all strive for safety, prosperity, comfort, long life, and dullness. The deer strives with his supple legs, the cowman with trap …

Nov 24, 2021 · I want to write the following sentence. But it sounds a bit weird for me as a non-native speaker. English was the most or second most used language in 100 groups. Is it …

Oct 20, 2016 · In your 1st example, the head of the subject NP is the fused determiner-head 'most', not plural 'paperbacks'. ‘Most’ can occur with both singular and plural partitives, but …

Jul 30, 2017 · 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 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 …

Apr 24, 2017 · Grammar books routinely insist on "the most" as for all superlatives, but I can recall certain cases where 'most' has not been used as 'the superlative' but only as 'a superlative!' …

May 17, 2018 · The most x is used when referring indirectly or directly to some statistical source of numbers. It is "the most" of all the numbers given in that source for some period.