- grammar - When to use most or the most - English Language Usage . . .
"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 the verb "remember", meaning "to the greatest extent" There may be other examples, where it can mean "extremely" as in the following:"it was most kind of you", "that is
- 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
- 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 common sense): "getting thar fustest with the mostest"
- verb agreement - Most of what and is or are - English Language . . .
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 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 read, most ARE books
- How would one know when to choose preferred or preferable?
When used as an adjective, the word "preferred" generally precedes the noun that it defines (preferred customers, preferred method, preferred means, preferred spelling, etc ) e g E-mails are most doctors' preferred means of communication When the word is used after a noun, it is generally used as a passive or active verb and not an adjective
- Why is c*nt so much more derogatory in the US than the UK?
Remember that most towns in England, in the Middle Ages, had a Gropecunt Lane, including several in London The last recorded new one was named in 1561 In modern times they have been renamed with things like Grape Lane The Victorian age was one in which people thought it more wholesome not to call a fart a fart, so to speak
- Is funnest a word? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
My 2 cents, do not use "funnest", replace it with "the best" E g : "That was the funnest party ever!" vs "That was the best party ever!" For the nit-picky, the best way of saying the above would be "That was the most fun I've ever had at a party" p s English is not my first language –
- Is “zzzzz” the most common spelling to represent a person sleeping?
What is the most common or correct spelling of "zzzzz"? (1) zzzzz (5 letters) (2) zzzz (4 letters) (3) zzz (3 letters) My question stems from when I first wrote it as "zzzzz" (5 letters) in an English text, but a friend told me it should have been written as "zzzz" (4 letters) so I decided to ask here
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