MOST, MOSTLY, and ALMOST - Learn English About

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English students can often get confused by these three words: MOST, MOSTLY and

ALMOST. I definitely understand how this can be confusing, these words look very

similar and sometimes their meanings can be only slightly different. Today we'll

look at the main differences between these words and also really look at how

to use them correctly. Also, stick around until the end of the video to learn how

to use ALMOST correctly. So let's talk about the word MOST. MOST is the

superlative form of the word much, and is used to form superlative adjectives and

adverbs. It is used with the word "the" for example, rock music is the most

interesting to me. Meaning: rock music is my favorite. That was the most delicious

food of my life. Meaning: this is the best food. This means that whatever noun comes

after the word most is your favorite; or something that you think is the best. You

are comparing the noun to other things. When there is no comparison, you don't

need to use the word "the," for example: most

rock music is interesting to me. Meaning, you like about 90% of rock music. Most food

is delicious to me. Meaning, you like about 90% of food.

In informal speech MOST can be used the same as the word VERY. For example: that

movie was most unusual. Meaning, very unusual or you are most kind. Meaning,

very kind. Most is also used with long adjectives or adjectives with three or

more syllables. For example, it is the beautifulest painting in the room. WRONG!

It is the most beautiful painting in the room. CORRECT! The word beautiful has

three syllables beauty full so we must use most before it when making a

superlative statement we can also use most before a noun phrase as a

determiner usually we do not use the word of unless there it is another

determiner or pronoun such as ah the or my for example most of apples taste

sweet wrong most apples taste sweet correct

most the apples taste sweet wrong most of the apples taste sweet correct most

my apples taste sweet wrong most of my apples taste sweet correct

now let's talk about the word mostly mostly is an adverb that means mainly

most often or in most cases let's look at some examples of how to use this word

the weather here is mostly sunny but sometimes it rains so maybe either

weather is 90 percent sunny or 10 percent rainy school is mostly fun but

sometimes it can be difficult so maybe school is 85% fun 15% difficult now

let's talk about the word almost almost is an adverb and it can be difficult to

use correctly it has a very similar meaning to the word nearly you can use

almost when talking about progress for example I am almost finished with my

homework measurement for example I am almost 185 centimeters tall counting for

example there are almost 30 people in this room saying something is similar to

something else for example cats are almost like tigers but smaller negative

or non-assertive words such as never or ever

nobody anybody or nothing anything for example I almost never watch TV

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