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Chipw Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

quantifier pronouns

In this sentence -
I sold most all of my baseball cards, I kept only a few that were really rare.

I believe the word "most" is not a quantifier pronoun and the word "few" is. Am I correct?

I have been having a bit of trouble coming up with good examples of quantifier pronoun usage compared to quantifier determiner usage. The more websites I read about these the more obscure the differences seem to be.

Thanks for your help,
Chip
  

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chipw I sold most all of my baseball cards This is not standard. Only "almost" is standard. If absolutely necessary to show how it was said, it should be written I sold 'most all ...

— CalifJim

  • chipw I sold most all of my baseball cards This is not standard.
  • Only "almost" is standard.
  • If absolutely necessary to show how it was said, it should be written I sold 'most all ...
  • , the apostrophe showing the omission of "al" in the word "almost".
  • I sold [almost / 'most] all of my baseball cards.
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chipwI sold most all of my baseball cards
This is not standard. Only "almost" is standard. If absolutely necessary to show how it was said, it should be written I sold 'most all ..., the apostrophe showing the omission of "al" in the word "almost".

I sold [almost / 'most] all of my baseball cards.
chipwI believe
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Thank you, much appreciated.
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Chip
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