http://www.readableblog.com/2008/08/01/pitfalls-most-vs-almost-vs-almost-all/ A blog of (mostly free) resources for English language learners Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:37:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.readableblog.com/2008/08/01/pitfalls-most-vs-almost-vs-almost-all/comment-page-1/#comment-2189 Clarissa Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:28:54 +0000 http://www.readableblog.com/?p=120#comment-2189 (Oh, I corrected it before, but I forgot to save it! Oops! Thanks for mentioning it to me.) (Oh, I corrected it before, but I forgot to save it! Oops! Thanks for mentioning it to me.)

]]> http://www.readableblog.com/2008/08/01/pitfalls-most-vs-almost-vs-almost-all/comment-page-1/#comment-2188 Clarissa Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:27:47 +0000 http://www.readableblog.com/?p=120#comment-2188 You are correct, Emmie! Actually, "most all" is somewhat common in speech, depending on one's dialect, but I try to avoid writing it. My fingers slipped! I'll correct it. You are correct, Emmie! Actually, “most all” is somewhat common in speech, depending on one’s dialect, but I try to avoid writing it. My fingers slipped! I’ll correct it.

]]> http://www.readableblog.com/2008/08/01/pitfalls-most-vs-almost-vs-almost-all/comment-page-1/#comment-2171 emmie Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:52:34 +0000 http://www.readableblog.com/?p=120#comment-2171 Hi Clarissa! I think I found a mistake in the sentence. In the 9th line from the bottom, you worte'most all of', but isn't this 'most of'? Hi Clarissa! I think I found a mistake in the sentence. In the 9th line from the bottom, you worte’most all of’, but isn’t this ‘most of’?

]]> http://www.readableblog.com/2008/08/01/pitfalls-most-vs-almost-vs-almost-all/comment-page-1/#comment-2154 Attempting to Explain at Talk to the Clouds Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:18:16 +0000 http://www.readableblog.com/?p=120#comment-2154 [...] learners, in which I attempt to explain sticky grammar or word-choice problems. One is about “almost” vs. “almost all,” and the other is about the use of “funny.” Both are frequent problems for Japanese [...] [...] learners, in which I attempt to explain sticky grammar or word-choice problems. One is about “almost” vs. “almost all,” and the other is about the use of “funny.” Both are frequent problems for Japanese [...]

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