Grammatical problem about very and much
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I was very exhausted in the evening.
She is very tired after a day's work.
In the first sentence very is replaced by much but in the second sentence this is not the case I need to ask why?
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I was very exhausted in the evening.
She is very tired after a day's work.
In the first sentence very is replaced by much but in the second sentence this is not the case I need to ask why?
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I was very exhausted in the evening.
She is very tired after a day's work.
In the first sentence very is replaced by much but in the second sentence this is not the case I need to ask why?
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Saurabh Kumar
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I was very exhausted in the evening.
She is very tired after a day's work.
In the first sentence very is replaced by much but in the second sentence this is not the case I need to ask why?
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In the first sentence, 'very' isn't replaced by much.
I was much exhausted in the evening doesn't make sense. It would still be: I was very exhausted in the evening.
We cannot use very with comparative adjectives. Instead, we use much, far, very much, a lot, lots, rather, a little, a bit etc.
In the same way, we cannot use much with positive adjectives. We cannot, for example, say He is much intelligent. Instead, we say: He is very intelligent.
Here's how to use very and much:
https://www.englishpractice.com/improve/correct-use-of-much-and-very/
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'Exhausted' means 'very tired'.
So it can't be modified by 'very'.
We can say 'absolutely/quite/much exhausted'.
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In the first sentence, 'very' isn't replaced by much.
I was much exhausted in the evening doesn't make sense. It would still be: I was very exhausted in the evening.
We cannot use very with comparative adjectives. Instead, we use much, far, very much, a lot, lots, rather, a little, a bit etc.
In the same way, we cannot use much with positive adjectives. We cannot, for example, say He is much intelligent. Instead, we say: He is very intelligent.
Here's how to use very and much:
https://www.englishpractice.com/improve/correct-use-of-much-and-very/
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In the first sentence, 'very' isn't replaced by much.
I was much exhausted in the evening doesn't make sense. It would still be: I was very exhausted in the evening.
We cannot use very with comparative adjectives. Instead, we use much, far, very much, a lot, lots, rather, a little, a bit etc.
In the same way, we cannot use much with positive adjectives. We cannot, for example, say He is much intelligent. Instead, we say: He is very intelligent.
Here's how to use very and much:
https://www.englishpractice.com/improve/correct-use-of-much-and-very/
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In the first sentence, 'very' isn't replaced by much.
I was much exhausted in the evening doesn't make sense. It would still be: I was very exhausted in the evening.
We cannot use very with comparative adjectives. Instead, we use much, far, very much, a lot, lots, rather, a little, a bit etc.
In the same way, we cannot use much with positive adjectives. We cannot, for example, say He is much intelligent. Instead, we say: He is very intelligent.
Here's how to use very and much:
https://www.englishpractice.com/improve/correct-use-of-much-and-very/
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In the first sentence, 'very' isn't replaced by much.
I was much exhausted in the evening doesn't make sense. It would still be: I was very exhausted in the evening.
We cannot use very with comparative adjectives. Instead, we use much, far, very much, a lot, lots, rather, a little, a bit etc.
In the same way, we cannot use much with positive adjectives. We cannot, for example, say He is much intelligent. Instead, we say: He is very intelligent.
Here's how to use very and much:
https://www.englishpractice.com/improve/correct-use-of-much-and-very/
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'Exhausted' means 'very tired'.
So it can't be modified by 'very'.
We can say 'absolutely/quite/much exhausted'.
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'Exhausted' means 'very tired'.
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'Exhausted' means 'very tired'.
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We can say 'absolutely/quite/much exhausted'.
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