Spend at most $20 on the lunch Which of the following two sentences is more correct Spend at least $20 on.
Most
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!' (as in) mr.
3 most corn seed is genetically engineered
Most people in town are unemployed Most fish is/are seawater species Is there any general rule that separates where the majority part described by most is plural, and when is it singular Especially, when it's describing some entity composed of parts.
The study noted that pregnant women need to have healthy diets to reduce risk of developing gestational diabetes, a form of diabetes that is most common among overweight and obese mothers Is most common correctly used I wonder if it should be more common instead But then i found other examples using the structure that is most common.
Sometimes “most” is used as an intensifier rather than a superlative
“lucy expressed herself most eloquently.” “the employees work most efficiently.” there are other degree adverbs that do this,. It was popularized, however, in the saying (intentionally ungrammatical, to convey a sense of crude common sense) Getting thar fustest with the mostest. 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. Most is what is called a determiner A determiner is a word, such as a number, article, personal pronoun, that determines (limits) the meaning of a noun phrase. some determiners can only be used with either a countable noun or an uncountable noun, while others, like most, can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns Uncountable nouns usually take a singular verb
