Use the adjective much to mean "a lot" or "a large amount." If you don't get much sleep the night before a big test, you don't get a lot. If you get too much sleep, you may sleep through your alarm and miss the test. Much is used as an adjective or adverb, but it always means a large quantity, extent, or degree.
- Is very much an adjective or adverb?
- Can we use much before adjective?
- What type of pronoun is much?
- Is very much an adverb?
Is very much an adjective or adverb?
Very much and a lot can be used as adverbs: I miss my family very much.
Can we use much before adjective?
As a general rule, we don't use "much" before an adjective.
What type of pronoun is much?
Indefinite Pronouns
Singular Indefinite Pronouns | anybody, anyone, anything, each, everybody, everyone, everything, little, much, nobody, no one, nothing, one, somebody, someone, something |
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Plural Indefinite Pronouns | both, few, many, several |
Singular and Plural Indefinite Pronouns | all, any, more, most, none, some, such |
Is very much an adverb?
very much) - "tennis" is the direct object, "too much" is an adverb. Note 1: VERY MUCH usually expresses a positive idea, TOO MUCH always expresses a negative idea (it is an excess), but in colloquial English (especially American English) you can use TOO MUCH with a positive sense meaning "very very much".