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Komountain Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
very or much
Hi, everyone.
Example: We were (very, much) annoyed by their interruption.
Which one would you choose? Will either one do?
I am tempted to use both without a comma inbetween.
Example: We were (very, much) annoyed by their interruption.
Which one would you choose? Will either one do?
I am tempted to use both without a comma inbetween.
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Hello KM Recently we made a loooooooong discussion on this sort of issue. Please visit Use of Much with Adjectives . paco
- Hello KM Recently we made a loooooooong discussion on this sort of issue.
- Please visit Use of Much with Adjectives .
- paco
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Hello KM
Recently we made a loooooooong discussion on this sort of issue. Please visit Use of Much with Adjectives.
paco
Recently we made a loooooooong discussion on this sort of issue. Please visit Use of Much with Adjectives.
paco
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Paco2004Hello KM
Recently we made a loooooooong discussion on this sort of issue. Please visit Use of Much with Adjectives.
paco
If you're visiting that thread, Komountain, take some sandwiches and a flask of something...
MrP
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After reading almost half of it, I've reached my own conclusion: stick to my intuition.
Thanks, guys, anyway.
Thanks, guys, anyway.
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KomountainI've reached my own conclusion: stick to my intuition.It seems a sound one.
MrP
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As usual, I did a Google check for that phrase. Here 'All' means all domains and 'GO' means Gutenberg.Org.
'was very annoyed' All/GO=15,300/16
'was much annoyed' All/GO=4,300/203
'was very much annoyed' All/GO=924/166.
Interesting is that the distributions are very contrastive between 'all' (i.e., current speakers) and 'GO' (i.e., writers of cla
'was very annoyed' All/GO=15,300/16
'was much annoyed' All/GO=4,300/203
'was very much annoyed' All/GO=924/166.
Interesting is that the distributions are very contrastive between 'all' (i.e., current speakers) and 'GO' (i.e., writers of cla
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That's interesting.
Where the phrase stands alone (e.g. "I was ADVERB annoyed!"), I would expect 'very' to predominate; where the phrase continues with the instrument (e.g. "I was ADVERB annoyed by the waiter with the pink bowtie"), 'much/greatly/very much'.
MrP
Where the phrase stands alone (e.g. "I was ADVERB annoyed!"), I would expect 'very' to predominate; where the phrase continues with the instrument (e.g. "I was ADVERB annoyed by the waiter with the pink bowtie"), 'much/greatly/very much'.
MrP
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Hello Mr P
I think your theory is very reasonable. But still there is a tendency that current web users prefer 'be very annoyed' to 'be much annoyed' even in the case 'be annoyed' is used in a passive sense by being followed by a 'by'-phrase.
'was very annoyed by' All/GO=3,160/1
'was much annoyed by' All/GO=607/56
'was very much annoyed by' All/GO=189/16.
Interestingly,
I think your theory is very reasonable. But still there is a tendency that current web users prefer 'be very annoyed' to 'be much annoyed' even in the case 'be annoyed' is used in a passive sense by being followed by a 'by'-phrase.
'was very annoyed by' All/GO=3,160/1
'was much annoyed by' All/GO=607/56
'was very much annoyed by' All/GO=189/16.
Interestingly,
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Yes; "much annoyed (by)" does have a slightly stiff air.
More googles:
"was greatly annoyed by" - 607
"was greatly annoyed" - 975
MrP
More googles:
"was greatly annoyed by" - 607
"was greatly annoyed" - 975
MrP
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