Most và Almost

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Most và Almost đều có nghĩa là hầu hết và gần hết. Nhưng khi nào thì ta dùng most, hay là almost?

Most + noun
Ex: Most cheese is made from cow’s milk.
Most Swiss people understand French.

Most + determiner/ pronoun (a, the, this, my, him...)
Ex: He has eaten 2 pizzas and most of a cold chicken.
Most of my friend live abroad.
She has eaten most of that cake.
Most of us though he was wrong.

Most được dùng như 1 danh từ
Ex: Some people had difficulty with the lecture, but most understood.
Ann and Robby found a lot of blackberries, but Susan found the most.

Most + adjective khi mang nghĩa "very"
Ex: That is most kind of you.
Thank you for a most interesting afternoon.

More + of + personal/geographic names
Ex: It would bi nice to see more of Ray and Barbara.
Five hundred years ago, much more of Britain was covered with trees.

Almost :can be followed by the phrase : " of the " or a number or quantities( 90 %,...)
Almost can be followed by a VERB , ADVERB
Ex: We are almost here
He almost finished his homework