most和most of 的區別如下:
1. 若所修飾的名詞前沒有限定詞,通常要用most,不用most of。如:
Most people agree with me.
多數人同意我的意見。
Most cheese is made from cow’s milk.
奶酪大都是用牛奶做的。
但是,在習慣上不帶冠詞的專有名詞(如人名和地名等)或抽象名詞(如學科名詞等)前,要用most of,不用most。如:
Most of Wales was without electricity last night.
昨天夜裏,威爾士多數地區都停電了。
2. 若所修飾的名詞前帶有限定詞,則用most of,不能只用most。如:
Most of my friends live abroad.
我的朋友大多數住在國外。
Most of the people here know each other.
這裏大多數人互相認識。
對於可數名詞來說,如果是單數形式,不能直接在其前使用most,而應使用“most of+限定詞+單數可數名詞”的形式。如:
Narrative makes up most of the book.
記敘文占書的大部分。
You’ve got most of the bed as usual.
妳跟往常壹樣占了大半張床。
3. 若直接用在代詞之前,要用most of,不用most。如:
Most of us thought he was wrong.
我們大多數人認為他錯了。
Most of them probably eat too much meat.
他們大多數人都吃太多的肉了。
註意,在關系代詞前也只能用most of,不用most。如:
The buses, most of which were already full, were surrounded by an angry crowd.
公***汽車大多數都已經擠滿了人,它們被憤怒的人群包圍著。
I have a number of American relatives, most of whom live in Texas.
我有壹些美國親戚,他們大都住在得克薩斯。
另外,在連接代詞what引導的從句前也是用most of,不用most。如:
I learned most of what I know about gardening through trial and error.
我的大部分園藝知識都是通過不斷摸索學到的。
4. 如果意思明確,most後所修飾的名詞可以省略,但most of後所修飾的名詞永遠不能省略,也就是說,如果是不修飾名詞而單獨使用,只能用most,不用most of。如:
A few people were killed in the fire, but most were saved.
在那場火災中,有幾個人被燒死,但大部分人都得救了。
Some potatoes have been harvested, but most are still in the ground.
壹些土豆已經收獲了,但大多數仍然在地裏。
5. most (of) ?用作主語時,其謂語的數需根據它所修飾或代表的名詞的數來確定。如:
Most of her books were stolen.
她的大部分書被偷走了。
Most of her money was stolen.
她的大部分錢被走偷了。
6. most與most of修飾名詞時有時在含義上有差別,即前者多表示泛指,後者多表示特指。比較:
Most people like to spend Christmas at home.
多數人喜歡在家裏過聖誕節。?
Most of the people I know like to spend Christmas at home.
我所認識的人當中,多數人喜歡在家裏過聖誕節。
什麽是語法:
語法(英文 :grammar)是語言學的壹個分支,研究按確定用法來運用的"詞類"、"詞"的曲折變化或表示相互關系的其他手段以及詞在句中的功能和關系。