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Nerdikarp Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

"I want the easter bunny so much to be true." or "I want the easter bunny to be true so much."

1-"I want the easter bunny so much to be true."

2-"I want the easter bunny to be true so much."

Is there a difference in meaning? What do you call these 'so much' and 'to be true'?

Thanks!
  

Top answer

Only statements can be true (or false). Entities like people, animals, and objects cannot be true, so there is no such thing as a true bunny, whether of the Easter variety or not. real is the adjective you need.

— CalifJim

  • Only statements can be true (or false).
  • Entities like people, animals, and objects cannot be true, so there is no such thing as a true bunny, whether of the Easter variety or not.
  • real is the adjective you need.
  • And you need some capital letters as well.
  • " Both of these are correct, but the word order in the second version is a little awkward, I'd say, because 'so much' goes with 'want', and the end the sentence is quite far from the word 'want'.
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Only statements can be true (or false). Entities like people, animals, and objects cannot be true, so there is no such thing as a true bunny, whether of the Easter variety or not.
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The meanings are the same to any reasonable reader. 'I so much want' is the usual placement. 'So much' is an adverbial phrase. 'To be true' is a verb complement or direct object.
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Hi;

"so much" is an adverb. (modifies the verb want)

"to be true" is an infinitive phrase.

In sentence #1, the adverb is not in the most natural position. Otherwise, the meanings are the same.
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