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INCREASE From 0% to 100%
With plural countable nouns:
many	more	most
With uncountable nouns:
much	more	most
DECREASE From 100% to 0%
With plural countable nouns:
few	fewer	fewest
With uncountable nouns:
little	less	least

 Examples

• There are many people in England, more in India, but the most people live in China.
• Much time and money is spent on education, more on health services but the most is spent on national defence.
• Few rivers in Europe are not polluted.
• Fewer people die young now than in the seventeenth century.
• The country with the fewest people per square kilometre must be Australia.
• Scientists have little hope of finding a complete cure for cancer before the year 2,000.
• She had less time to study than Paul but had better results.
• Give that dog the least opportunity and it will bite you.

SOURCE: edufind.com/english/grammar

 
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I took an explanation from an online FORUM discussion 
[ usingenglish.com ]

 Which of these two movies did you like more?
This compares two movies.

Which movies did you like the most/ most?
This compares more than two movies.
"Most" and "the most" mean the same thing.
Which movies did you like the best/best?
This means the same as example 2.
"Best" and "the best" mean the same thing.

Can I use  "the best" / "the most" / "best" / "most" indifferently?
No, but you can use them interchangeably*.
* because "Indifferent to" means "uncaring about" or "not concerned with":
She was indifferent to the hunger of the workers' children. =)


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Most  vs. Most of the

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most things ≠ most OF THE things

Most students ask questions. common mistake: Most of students [ a mix of both ]	Most of the students in my classroom ask questions. (most - specific to those who are in my class)
Many students have a blog.	Many of the students in my school have a blog. (many - specific to those who are in my school)
A few students had to pay again.                (some)  (and everybody payed)	A few of the students who payed had to pay again.   (a few - specific to those who payed)
Few students had to pay again.  (not many) (from everybody)	Few of the students who payed had to pay again. (few - specific to those who payed)

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