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mistakes most to be feared

 
 
WBYeats
 
Reply Tue 28 May, 2013 09:48 pm
I heard a local English teacher commenting on his students' English:

-These are the mistakes that are most to be feared.

In that sentence, I thought if the meaning is 'the mistakes are the most glaring', then MOST should be put behind FEARED, but on second thought maybe the teacher wanted to convey a different meaning; I'm not sure what that meaning was...
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Setanta
 
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Reply Wed 29 May, 2013 01:41 am
Altering the placement of the word most in that sentence does not change the meaning.
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Reply Wed 29 May, 2013 02:49 am
@Setanta,
oooo...I thought there would be something different...

Thank you~
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