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Tenacious Learner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

What part of speech is 'most' in the following sentence?

Hi teachers,
What part of speech is 'most' in the following sentence? Is it a determiner?
He earns the most money.

Thanks in advance.
  

Top answer

I agree. It is a determiner. Some people could possibly make a case for it being an adjective but adjectives are attributive (before nouns) , which means they describe the nouns they precede.

— Ivanhr

  • I agree.
  • It is a determiner.
  • Some people could possibly make a case for it being an adjective but adjectives are attributive (before nouns) , which means they describe the nouns they precede.
  • In your example , asking "What kind of money does he earn" doesn't really work.
  • You have to ask "How much money does he earn".
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I agree. It is a determiner. Some people could possibly make a case for it being an adjective but adjectives are attributive (before nouns) , which means they describe the nouns they precede. In your example , asking "What kind of money does he earn" doesn't really work. You have to ask "How much money does he earn".
For instance, you might say

He has a lot of antique money. ("antique
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Hi Ivanhr,
Thank you very much for your reply and additional explanation.
Can I still say, 'It is the superlative form of ‘many, much’.

TS
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Yes, you can. In your example it's the superlative of much, since "money" is uncountable.
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