Question by Espie C., visitor of the Forum’s Facebook page (March 10, 2014):
Hi, do tell which of these two sentences is correct because I myself am not sure:
“The last contestant sang most expressively than the other contestants.”
“Most” or “more”?
My reply to Espie C.:
In that sentence, either “most” or “more” can be used to yield practically the same sense, as follows:
1. “The last contestant sang more expressively than the other contestants.”
2. “The last contestant sang most expressively among the contestants.”
(Note that the word “other” has to be knocked off in Sentence 2 to make its syntax beyond reproach.)
I’d say though that using “more expressively than” is more idiomatic than using “most expressively among.”
