utmost?

[bread]

How do you use the word utmost?
My teacher said that it can only be used in literary writing.
What means by literary writing?
Does that mean I cannot use the word utmost in writing compositions but fiction??

Thanks!

[RonBee]

I am not sure what "literary writing" is. The phrase seems to be a redundancy.

I don't know why you can't use "utmost" in speech. Example:

• I did my utmost to win, but I lost.

:)

[bread]

I am not sure what "literary writing" is. The phrase seems to be a redundancy.

I don't know why you can't use "utmost" in speech. Example:

• I did my utmost to win, but I lost.

:)

The dictionary says "utmost" can be used like the word "best"
I don't know why i can't use the word"utmost" in common writing...

[RonBee]

I am not sure what "literary writing" is. The phrase seems to be a redundancy.

I don't know why you can't use "utmost" in speech. Example:

• I did my utmost to win, but I lost.

:)

The dictionary says "utmost" can be used like the word "best"
I don't know why i can't use the word"utmost" in common writing...

Well, I'm not going to say you can't. :)

(Say: informal writing)

:)

[MikeNewYork]

How do you use the word utmost?
My teacher said that it can only be used in literary writing.
What means by literary writing?
Does that mean I cannot use the word utmost in writing compositions but fiction??

Thanks!

I disagree with your teacher. Certainly, the word "utmost" is not the most common of English words, but it is also not so obscure or formal that its use should bother anybody in a less-than-formal setting. :wink: