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thanks! but 'most' can be an adverb, too.

Thanks, Michael. i always feel that either "a large family of most tropical trees" or "a large family of the most tropical trees" is correct.

i cannot understand the meaning of "mostly tropical" if "mostly" modifies "tropical". "mostly tropical weather' would be correct?

my two cents:

what is being modified by "mostly" in the phrase "a very large family of mostly tropical trees"?

i wrote those because i'm looking for what is modified by "mostly". i don't believe that "mostly" modifies "tropical". yes, it should be "what are" however, i wrote those because i was trying to find what is being modified by "mostly"; and i don't believe that 'mostly" modifies "tropical". but there must be a work modified by "mostly".

is the following statment correct? A very large family of mostly tropical trees = A very large family of what is mostly tropical trees or = A very large family of what composes mostly tropical trees.

it cannot be downloaded. would you please check it again?

thanks!

my questions are: 1. why is the word "mostly" correct in this sentence? 2. which word is modified by "mostly"? 3. in the position of "mostly", it seems to modify "tropical"; but if it were ture, how could i understand the meaning of "mostly tropical"? i think that "mostly tropical" is illogical and "mostly tropical" makes no sense. in other words, we can not say: too tropical

36. Madder plants, which comprise a very large family of mostly tropical trees, shrubs, and herbal, include coffee and gardenia. i understand that "herbal/adj." is wrong and "herbal" should change into "herbs", which is parallel to "trees" and "shurbs". what is really bothering me is how come "mostly" is not wrong !! i checked both MW and LONGMAN, which say "mostly = mainly". Whatever, i always believe "be mostly tropical trees" or "be mainly tropical trees" is correct. i cannot figure out how come "a family of mostly tropical trees" is not wrong!! thanks in advance

you are right. 6. has ---> is 7. flocked soon ----> soon flacoked

"much near" is wrong, because "much" modifies "comparative such as nearer". Thus, much near ---> much nearer/ very near

Thanks !!

i think that you didn't answer my question. my quesiton still is how to understand "an" in the phrase "an estimated 100 billion stars".