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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Hi, which one is correct? And why is the other incorrect?

He is a (very, much) celebrated scholar.

Thanks.
  

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Hi, Both are correct, The version with 'much' makes the writer seem more formal, more educated, and perhaps more literary. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, Both are correct, The version with 'much' makes the writer seem more formal, more educated, and perhaps more literary.
  • Clive
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Hi,

Both are correct,

The version with 'much' makes the writer seem more formal, more educated, and perhaps more literary.

Clive
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The one with much sounds unnatural to me.
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