26,02,2019

Most, the most, mostly

We use most with nouns to mean ‘the majority of’

She plays tennis most mornings.

Most tap water is drinkable.

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.

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Most desserts are sweet.	Desserts in general
The food at the party was delicious. He’d made most of the desserts himself.	A specific set of desserts (at the party)

 When we use most before articles (a/an, the), demonstratives (this, that), possessives (my, your) or pronouns (him, them), we need of:

Most of the information was useful. Some of it wasn’t relevant.

Not: Most the information …

Warning:

When there is no article, demonstrative or possessive pronoun, we don’t usually use of:

There hasn’t been much rain. Most rivers are below their normal levels.

Not: Most of rivers are below their normal levels.

We use most of before geographical names:

[from a weather forecast]

Most of England and Wales should be dry throughout the day

We can leave out the noun with most when the noun is obvious:

[talking about school lunches]

Some children brought a packed lunch but most had a cooked meal in the canteen.(most children)

The most

The most is the superlative form of many, much. We use the most with different classes of words.

The most with adjectives and adverbs

We use the most to make the superlative forms of longer adjectives and the majority of adverbs:

They’re using the most advanced technology in the world. (+ adjective)

[the Lake District is an area in Britain]

Scafell Pike is the most easily identifiable peak in the Lake District. (+ adverb)

The most with a noun

We use the most with a noun to mean ‘more/less than all of the others’:

Ian earns the most money in our family.

We can leave out the noun when it is obvious:

He didn’t tell the best jokes but he told the most. (the most jokes)

The most with a verb

We use the most with a verb as an adverb:

They all cried, but Claire cried the most.
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12.02.2018

I’ll tell her we’re leaving
Was he there?
At first he never came; he now comes regularly.
What have you done?  
my friend has seen it twice
I have two
This is his sister

1. Make the sentence a question: I finish the work at 5 o’clock.           
2. Make the sentence negative: He is my brother.
3. Make the sentence a question: I need a certificate.  
4. Make the sentence negative: I understand you. 
5. Make the sentence a question: I can find the bricks.    
6. Make the sentence negative: I know the answer.
7. Make the sentence a question: You can check it now.          
8. Make the sentence negative: I promised to help. 
9. Make the sentence a question: You can tell me the answer.             
10. Make the sentence negative: I can tell you where the trowel is.

For 47 days experts at New York's Museum of Modern Art had viewed their exhibition of "The Last Works of Henri Matisse" with pride and confidence - until an amateur viewer told 'em they were hanging "Le Bateau" (the Boat) upside down!

It was an understandable mistake - one look at it, and you can see why

Mrs. Habert had been to the exhibition three times, and was vaguely disquieted by the picture the first timed. She felt the artist "would never put the main, more complex motif on the bottom and the lesser motif at the top." On her third visit, she felt she was on firm ground, bought a catalog, in which it was positioned properly, to prove her point and called the boo-boo to the attention of the nearest guard.

Quick to defend the honor of the museum, he neatly placed the blame elsewhere with "You don't know what's up and you don't know what's down and neither do we. We can't be responsible for the printers."

But Mrs. Habert was not to be stopped. She went to the chief guard who referred her to information desk. But it was a Sunday night, when all the experts were at home, and she had to stoke her critical fire until the next morning. That's when Wheeler heard the awful truth.

The painter's son, art dealer Pierre Matisse - who himself had attended the exhibition without noticing the error - said, "Mrs. Habert should be given a medal."

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