politics !
(Galsworthy) All party
politics are top dressing.
(Galsworthy) 4. The word
news is treated as a singular.
When she goes to make little purchases, there
is no
news for her.
(Thackeray) The
news he gave them
was to be read in the lamentations.
(Sabatini) Most. (a)
Most + adjective.
The definite article is used when
most serves to form the superlative degree of an
adjective.
This is
the most interesting chapter in the book.
The use of the indefinite article shows that a high degree of a quality is
meant.
Most has the same meaning as
very, exceedingly. Caroline found that the old maid had been
a most devoted daughter and sister.
(Ch. Bronte) He was a very good man. There are few like him in the world
today.
(Abrahams) He left after a few moments.
(Dreiser) You need not fear to hear the few remaining words we have to say.
(Dickens) Little means ‘мало’, it has a negative meaning.
A little means ‘некоторое количество’, it has a positive meaning.
The little means ‘то небольшое количество (которое)’.
We can’t go skiing today. There is too little snow.
We have
a little time. Let us take a walk in the garden.
Don’t waste
the little time you have.
Two, the two; three, the three, etc. Two means ‘два’.
The two means ‘оба, те два’.
Two students entered the room.
The two friends travelled together.
The two books you lent me proved very interesting.
