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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Mostly people who run for instant gratification turn...

Is the following sentence grammatically correct and does that make sense?

Mostly people who run for instant gratification turn out be losers in the end.
  

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Jackson6612 Mostly people who run for instant gratification turn out be losers in the end. Mostly is an adverb. It cannot be used in the above sentence.

— Neeraj Jain

  • Jackson6612 Mostly people who run for instant gratification turn out be losers in the end.
  • Mostly is an adverb.
  • It cannot be used in the above sentence.
  • Instead use the adjective 'most'.
  • "to" is also missing before "be".
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Jackson6612Mostly people who run for instant gratification turn out be losers in the end.

Mostly is an adverb. It cannot be used in the above sentence. Instead use the adjective 'most'. "to" is also missing before "be".

Most people who run for instant gratification turn out to be losers in the end.

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Hi N. Jain,

I get your point. But what if I say:

People who mostly run for instant gratification turn out to be losers in the end.
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Hey dude,

This sentence is correct. Here "mostly" is used as an adverb.
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Hi guys,

Mostly people who run for instant gratification turn out be losers in the end.

I find this sentence OK, although I'd put a comma after 'mostly'.

With adverbs, there is often a lot of flexibility about where to positon them in the sentence. eg

She walked into the room slowly.

She walked slowly into the
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Clive,

I think the confusion's about the latter part of the sentence - turn out be losers - which should be turn out to be losers.
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