还有一个词容易与这两个单词弄混.

　　Mostly=ofalltheoptions,thisisthemajority.

　　Almost=goodenoughbutnotperfect.

　　Nearly=veryclosetotheoptimalpositionbutnotquitethere.

　　ThethreewordsshouldnotbeusedinterchangablyorthereisapossibilityofbadEnglishuseage.Thiscouldleadtomisunderstandingofwhatyou'retryingtosay,dependingonthecontext.

　　1.Hisbooksaremostlyuseless=themajorityofthebookswrittenbyhimcannotbeusedforanything.

　　2.Hisbooksarealmostuseless=thecontentofhisbooksarenotfitforpurpose.

　　3.Hisbooksarenearlyuseless=hisbookscanbeusedbuttheyneedadditionalmaterialtosupportthem.

　　4.Hemostlysucceeded=verybadEnglish,thisisnotacorrectuseoftheword'mostly'andisaverylazyorinarticulatewayofsaying"almost".

　　5.Healmostsucceeded=hecameveryclosetosuccess.

　　6.Henearlysucceeded=hefailedbyadiscernablemargin.

　　7.Hislifehadmostlycompleteditsspan=badEnglish,incorrectuseof'mostly'.Ifyouwanttouse'mostly'inthiscontextyoushouldsay"Mostofhislifewasover".Themeaningisthenself-evident.

　　8.Hislifehadalmostcompleteditsspan=againthisisbadEnglishbecauseitimpliesthatthespanofhislifewasnearlycompletebutsomehowhemissedtheend.Thatisnonsense.

　　9.Hislifehadnearlycompleteditsspan=hewasclosetodeath.

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　　Education.Ilovemylanguage.Englishisthefinestcommunicationtoolthatmankindhasandit'sheartbreakingtoseeitmangled,alongwiththesubsequentmisunderstanding.SeehowthepeopleoftheUSAseemtochangethemeaningofwordsatawhimandthenseethemesstheymake.