Are these sentences grammatical and natural? Do they have the same meaning?

Question

1) How desperate for money could someone be for them to talk like this?

2) How desperate would someone have to be for them to talk like this?

3) How great a need would make someone say something like this?

4) What magnitude of need could make someone say like this?

5) How much desperate for money can make someone talk like this?

6) How much need for money can make someone talk like this?

Clive · Accepted Answer

Are these sentences grammatical and natural? Do they have the same meaning?

1) How desperate for money could someone be for them to talk like this? OK. Just focuses on monetary reasons.

2) How desperate would someone have to be for them to talk like this? OK. Does not just focus on monetary reasons.

3) How great a need would make someone say something like this? Not very natural

4) What magnitude of need could make someone say like this? No

5) How much desperate for money can make someone talk like this? No

6) How much need for money can make someone talk like this? No

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