neitherにはnotの意が含まれるので、同時にnotが含まれないように
She neither knew, saw nor heard the suspect. (どこでも使える)
表現方法はいろいろ(下記3に注意しろと言う事)
1) She is neither smart nor cute. (表現的には硬い)
2) She is neither smart or cute. (orも使えなくないがnorが正式)
★3) She is not either smart or cute. (notを使うとnot either A or Bとしないといけない)
4) She is not smart or cute. (これが一般的)
5) She is not smart nor cute. (これでもOK)
倒置(Norが前に出て、さらに倒置が起こる)
She does not like dogs, nor does she like cats. 肉も好きでない
I'm not interested in Baseball. - Nor am I.
Neither am I あるいは Me neither と同義
whose
of which
■AlmostとMostのほとんど
--状態
almost all scientists
almost all of the
scientists
almostは副詞なのでAlmost scientistsは駄目
Almost everyone in this class can speak
English.
これはOK、形容詞に見えるが副詞なので
--量
most scientists - 形容詞)全般のほとんど
most of the scientists -
代名詞)特定の中のほとんど
■Almostの使い方
--adv
She spends almost all of his money on books.
We're
almost there.
That computer is almost useless.
I'm almost 30 years
old.
She is almost always busy.
■Mostの使い方
--adv
You ate (the) most. あなたが一番食べた
What impressed you
most?
She is most diligent. = very
FB is the most popular sport of them
all.
--adj
Tom got the most points of the four. 4人の中で一番点をとった
Most children
like chocolate. たいていの子供はチョコが好き
--pron =pronoun 代名詞
most of the scientists could read the book.
ほとんどの科学者がその本を読むことができた
■mostにtheがつくか?副詞はtheがつかない
veryと同じとてもを意味する副詞につくmostにはtheがつかない
This medicine works most effectively.
もっともを意味する副詞のmostにはtheがつかない
My son likes Japanese food most.
多くやほとんどを意味するmostにはtheがつかない
Young people will be the ones to get most benefit from this program.
30 people were injured; most were men.
形容詞につくmostへのtheは微妙、省略可とする
This risk is (the) most likely to occur.
通常は the most + 形容詞 + 名詞
He is the most dangerous person in the world.