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Nakool Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Most vs much
It very often happens that a man who talks most does little.
Error is ' most', it should be 'much'
Please assist me.
Error is ' most', it should be 'much'
Please assist me.
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"most ... little" is a slightly mismatched combination of superlative and non-superlative, and also the superlative does not fit with the indefinite article. To make the two parts match we can write: It very often happens that the man who talks (the) most does (the) least .
- "most ...
- little" is a slightly mismatched combination of superlative and non-superlative, and also the superlative does not fit with the indefinite article.
- To make the two parts match we can write: It very often happens that the man who talks (the) most does (the) least .
- It very often happens that a man who talks much does little .
- This kind of use of "much" is not tremendously common in conversational English.
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"most ... little" is a slightly mismatched combination of superlative and non-superlative, and also the superlative does not fit with the indefinite article. To make the two parts match we can write:
It very often happens that the man who talks (the) most does (the) least.
It very often happens that a man who talks much does little.
It very often happens that the man who talks (the) most does (the) least.
It very often happens that a man who talks much does little.
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