few | many | most | others (people) – English Grammar Profiler

At C1 in the English Grammar Profile, point 106 in the category of PRONOUNS/quantity is defined as:

‘few’, ‘many’, ‘most’, ‘others’ to refer to people in formal written contexts, often reports or surveys.

Here are some expert examples:

Though in terms of grammar, it is relatively more straightforward than many languages around the world, 

but when it comes to pronunciation, many find themselves stumbling.

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Many were plagiarists, some were backstabbers, and there is even a grave robber among them.

(more context)

A search in iWeb for:

. few|many|most|others _V * *

1 . MANY BELIEVE THAT THE 385
2 . OTHERS SAY THAT THE 187

Others say that our societies may not even suffer from racism at all.

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3 . MANY HAVE TRIED TO 185
4 . MOST ARE IN THE 179

Some mothers do a lot of that, some mothers do very little, and most are in between.

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5 . OTHERS HAVE SUGGESTED THAT 176 6 . OTHERS BELIEVE THAT THE 171 7 . OTHERS HAVE SAID THAT 168 8 . OTHERS MAY WANT TO 162 9 . OTHERS MAY HAVE A 161 10 . OTHERS ARGUE THAT THE 158 11 . MANY WOULD ARGUE THAT 154 12 . OTHERS DO NOT . 148 13 . OTHERS MAY NOT BE 134 14 . OTHERS SAY IT ‘S 129 15 . OTHERS SAY THAT IT 129 16 . OTHERS SAY IT IS 127 17 . OTHERS SEE IT AS 126 18 . MANY BELIEVE THAT THIS 124 19 . OTHERS MAY CHOOSE TO 116 20 . MOST SEEM TO BE 114 21 . OTHERS ARE NOT . 111 22 . MOST DO N’T HAVE 108 23 . OTHERS WILL TELL YOU 108 24 . OTHERS ARE NOT SO 106 25 . OTHERS DO N’T . 106 26 . MANY DO N’T KNOW 101 27 . MANY FEEL THAT THE 101 28 . MANY DO NOT HAVE 100 29 . MOST WOULD AGREE THAT 100 30 . MOST DO NOT HAVE 100 31 . OTHERS HAVE ARGUED THAT 97 32 . MANY WOULD SAY THAT 96 33 . MANY DO N’T EVEN 96 34 . MANY HAVE SAID THAT 92 35 . MANY BELIEVE THAT IT 89 36 . MOST DO N’T EVEN 88 37 . OTHERS SAY IT WAS 85 38 . OTHERS MAY NOT HAVE 84 39 . OTHERS HAVE TRIED TO 83 40 . MANY ARGUE THAT THE 83 41 . MOST DO N’T . 82 42 . MOST COME WITH A 80 43 . MANY HAVE SPECULATED THAT 80 44 . OTHERS MAY NEED TO 80 45 . MANY DO NOT KNOW 78 46 . MANY HAVE ARGUED THAT 78 47 . MANY DO N’T HAVE 78 48 . MANY WILL TELL YOU 77 49 . MOST ARE MADE OF 76 50 . MOST ARE AVAILABLE IN 76 51 . MOST ARE FROM THE 75 52 . MOST ARE BASED ON 75 53 . OTHERS REQUIRE YOU TO 75 54 . MANY ARE FAMILIAR WITH 73 55 . OTHERS POINT TO THE 73 56 . MANY GO ON TO 72 57 . OTHERS ARE DESIGNED TO 72 58 . OTHERS POINT OUT THAT 72 59 . MANY SAY THAT THE 70 60 . OTHERS HAVE TOLD ME 70 61 . OTHERS HAVE POINTED OUT 70 62 . OTHERS INCLUDE : 70 63 . OTHERS THINK THAT THE 69 64 . OTHERS WILL WANT TO 69 65 . OTHERS BELIEVE THAT IT 68 66 . MOST WILL TELL YOU 68 67 . MOST WILL HAVE A 68 68 . OTHERS NEED TO BE 68 69 . MANY BELIEVED THAT THE 66 70 . MANY BELIEVE IT IS 66 71 . MOST AGREE THAT THE 65 72 . MOST DO N’T KNOW 65 73 . OTHERS MAY BE MORE 65 74 . OTHERS MAY FIND IT 65 75 . OTHERS MIGHT WANT TO 65 76 . OTHERS FEEL THAT THE 64 77 . MANY ARE IN THE 64 78 . MANY DO NOT REALIZE 64 79 . MANY DO NOT . 63 80 . MOST DO NOT . 63

81 . MANY THINK THAT THE 63

82 . OTHERS CLAIM THAT THE 63