http://www.englishforums.com/English/BasicEnglishVocabularyQuestions/Forum44.htmFor Basic English ONLY. Please post only <b><font color=red>easy</font></b> questions and answers here.enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/MostVsAlmost/vwplx/post.htm#465210Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:22:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:465210Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/MostVsAlmost/vwplx/post.htm#465210http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-465210.xmlHere's an interesting article with regards to the confusion amongst Japanese learners of English: Almost a Problem... In What’s in a Word? In Japan Currents , July 1997: http://www.trussel.com/jap/almost.htm I'm often struck by errors in non-native English which arise from the confusion of the words 'most,' 'almost' and 'mostly.' Some cause unexpected ambiguity, when I find that I can't quite guess what the speaker is trying to say. Others often convey strikingly comical images. Both may provide potentially useful examples for revealing the native speaker's sense of these words. When I hear that "almost my friends are going to Hokkaido," assuming that the error is with the use of 'almost,' I'm faced with the dilemma...http://www.englishforums.com/English/MostVsAlmost/vwplx/post.htm#383511Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:22:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:383511Yankee1http://www.englishforums.com/English/MostVsAlmost/vwplx/post.htm#383511http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-383511.xmlIn spoken English it might be difficult to hear the first syllable in the word 'almost', nevertheless, it is not actually dropped completely.http://www.englishforums.com/English/MostVsAlmost/vwplx/post.htm#380173Wed, 27 May 2009 06:22:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:380173DNO_XVI2http://www.englishforums.com/English/MostVsAlmost/vwplx/post.htm#380173http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-380173.xmlNo. Most - greatest, the best, Almost - close, nearlyhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/MostVsAlmost/vwplx/post.htm#377954Wed, 27 May 2009 06:22:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:377954Clive3http://www.englishforums.com/English/MostVsAlmost/vwplx/post.htm#377954http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-377954.xmlHi, Can the words 'most and almost be used as synonyms in informal language? For example: "a car hit me and I 'most died" No. Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/MostVsAlmost/vwplx/post.htmFri, 27 Mar 2009 07:22:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:377924Anonymous4http://www.englishforums.com/English/MostVsAlmost/vwplx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-377924.xmlCan the words 'most and almost be used as synonyms in informal language? For example: "a car hit me and I 'most died" And is it necessary to use the '-sign?