SKILL 12: AGREEMENT AFTER EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY

         SKILL 12               AGREEMENT AFTER          EXPRESSIONS OF             QUANTITY                                                                     problem occurs when the subject is an expression of quantity such as all, most, or somefollowed by the preposition of. In this situation, the subject (all, most, or some) can be singular or plural, depending on what follows the preposition of

Most (of the meal) was delicious.

             SINGULAR

Most (of the meals) were delicious.

               PLURAL

Most (of the food) was delicious.

       UNCOUNTABLE

In the first example, the subject most refers to the singular noun meal, so the correct