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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Hi,

Are the following sentences correct?

(1) Most of them are going

(2) Most of this is rubbish

Thanks
  

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They both sound okay to me.

  • They both sound okay to me.
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They both sound okay to me.
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The number of "most" is determined by the prepositional phrase following it. In the first case "them" makes most plural--in the second "this" makes most singular.

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