rcmv Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 Erin, could you please help with this one from your "Printable Toefl Exercises"??? 5. Most of American high school students claim they know how to read, yet many of them can not do so at a high enough level to participate in modern society. Thanks, RCMV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 This one's tricky! It almost sounds correct, but it's hard to explain why, don't you think? Anyway, we have the same problem here as we have in this sentence: Most of people in the U.S. have a telephone. This sentence should read: Most of all people in the U.S. have a telephone. Why? We have a rule in English that says we need to use a determiner in this position. Here's the rule: quantifier + of + determiner + noun OR quantifier + of + pronoun If any of these terms are confusing, go to my grammar index to learn more: http://www.TestMagic.com/Knowledge_Base/lists/grammar/index.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepsmiling Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 according to me , I think : almost all (of the) most (of the) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feiren Posted November 27, 2003 Share Posted November 27, 2003 i see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aivoges Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 So Erin, is it similar for "all". Should I say: "All of the people" or "All of people". I am a little confused Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nirvanas Posted February 28, 2004 Share Posted February 28, 2004 Erin, you have mentioned that the 'Most of all people' is correct because its of the form quantifier + of + determiner + noun. But "all" is not a determiner. So how is this form correct? "all" is a quantifier. To Aivoges question, I think the first one is correct gramatically (although I have never seen its usage) because its of the form "quantifier (all) + of + determiner (the) + noun. What do you think of this Erin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayaly Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 hello everybody! I must confess that I haven't seen that expression - most of the people. or at least I haven't paid any attention on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayaly Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 i think that "most people" is good,but "all of the people" sounds strange for me. What do you think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacika Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Hi Mayaly, I think 'all of the people'sounds alright to me, what about 'all of the members'? Erin, can U tell explain it to us plz? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meteor Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 We have: Most people... Most of all people... Most of people ... Almost all people... Are they all true, is there any other structures with almost or most? Thanks a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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