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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

How much more

1. How much more time is needed ?
How much time more is needed ?
2. How much more food is needed ?
How much food more is needed ?

Which of the sentences above are correct ?
Do we have to write "more" before or after the noun ?
  

Top answer

These are correct: 1. How much more time is needed? 2.

— Yankee

  • These are correct: 1.
  • How much more time is needed?
  • 2.
  • How much more food is needed?
  • The word 'more' modifies the noun and should be used before it.
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These are correct:

1. How much more time is needed?
2. How much more food is needed?

The word 'more' modifies the noun and should be used before it. Compare your sentences to these:

1. How much additional time is needed?
2. How much additional food is needed?
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