MOST - MOST OF THE

[angel_thefool]

I feel quite confused of the use of "most" and "most of the". I need some help with this problem.
Could you please tell me the difference between "most societies" and most of the societies" in these sentences:
- Eggs are still used in most societies.
- Egga are still used in most of the societies.(1)
The key in my text book says that the underlined phrase in sentence (1) is wrong but I find no explanation.
Thank you very much

[Alan]

Hi angel_thefool,

This is really a question of being specific or not and the would specify. Look at these:

Most young people smoke nowadays.

Most of the young people in this office smoke. (Specific)

Alan
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[angelos]

But I dont understand
please explain again!

[Jamie (K)]