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Rishonly Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

MUCH MORE

Hello Teachers,

Would you please explain the grammatical functions of 'much and 'more' in the following sentence?

Behavior is much more effective at motivating an individual than negative reinforcement or punishment.
  

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Behavior is the subject, is is a linking verb, and much more effective is an adjectival subjective complement which completes the meaning of Behavior . More effective is just the comparative form of the adjective effective. Behavior is ...

— Rvw

  • Behavior is the subject, is is a linking verb, and much more effective is an adjectival subjective complement which completes the meaning of Behavior .
  • More effective is just the comparative form of the adjective effective.
  • Behavior is ...
  • more effective ...
  • than negative reinforcement or puishment.
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Behavior is the subject, is is a linking verb, and much more effective is an adjectival subjective complement which completes the meaning of Behavior.

More effective is just the comparative form of the adjective effective.

Behavior is ... more effective ... than negative reinforcement or puishment.

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Hi,

Would you please explain the grammatical functions of 'much and 'more' in the following sentence?

Behavior is much more effective at motivating an individual than negative reinforcement or punishment

I'm not good at naming things, but here's what I'd say.

'More' is an adverb qualifying 'effective'. It
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Thanks Lvw and Clive.
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