More and Most
- You should sleep more than you do at the moment.
 - I need more time to finish the work.
 
Before a noun with a determiner we use more of.
- He is more of a fool than I thought. (NOT He is more a fool than I thought.)
 - Three more of the missing miners have been found. (NOT Three more the missing miners …)
 
- Do it once more.
 - Do you want to go there any more.
 
- It is an hour’s journey, more or less.
 
- She is no more. (= She is dead.)
 
Most is the superlative form of many and much. It indicates the greatest in number, quantity etc. In comparisons most is normally used with the.
- Those who have the most money are not always the happiest.
 - Susie found the most strawberries.
 
- Most Indians understand Hindi.
 - Most people like babies.
 
Before a noun with a determiner (articles, possessives, demonstratives) we use most of.
- Most of the people here are farmers. (NOT Most the people here are farmers.)
 - Most of us like to watch a good movie. (NOT Most us like to watch a good movie.)
 
- This is a most interesting book. (= This is a very interesting book.)
 

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