Most (of)

[TitoBr]

Hi there!

I know that the sentence below does not need the preposition "of". What I do not know is how to explain why it does not belong there.

Most of plants have flowers.

I believe this mistake is made because most of the times, most is followed by this preposition, right? Which argument could I give to explain that "of" is not needed in the sentence above?

Cheers,
Tito

 

[Tdol]

It would work if we knew which plants and said most of the plants.

 

[Roman55]

Exactly. You're referring to plants in general, not specific ones.

 

[bubbha]

1. most plants (correct)
2. most of plants (wrong)
3. most of the plants (correct)

1. and 3. have a slightly different meaning because of "the".