1a. I’m very much alone.
1b. I’m very alone.
2a. They were very much shocked by the news.
2b. They were very shocked by the news.
3a. I miss you very much.
3b. I miss you much.
4a. I am very much sorry.
4b. I am very sorry.
Please correct all.
Thanks
3b is not correct as ‘much’ cannot stand alone there. You could use ‘lots’ or ‘a lot’.
4a is incorrect as ‘sorry’ does not take ‘much’. ‘I am really very sorry,’ could be a correct alternative.
Beeesneees,
‘She is very much beautiful.’ (wrong)
The word ‘beautiful’ does not carry ‘much’ also.
Like ‘sorry’ and ‘beautiful’ are there any other adjectives that will not go with ‘much’?
Please enlighten me.
Thanks.
There are lots. I don’t have a definitive list. It’s not quite as simplistic as you are trying to make it.
impossible:
much hot/cold
much difficult/easy
much wooden
etc.
but these are possible:
much hotter/colder
much harder/easier
much more difficult
while of course you could not apply that to a non-gradable adjective (an adjective which does not have degrees of…) such as 'wooden - something is either made of wood or it is not, though it could have ‘many wooden parts’.
With other non gradeable adjectives the context is important.
In general terms, you cannot use ‘much’ with ‘married’ (People are either married or they are not)
They are in love and much married - is incorrect
- and yet it is feasible to talk about someone who has been married a number of times as being ‘a much married man.’
You can’t just learn lists of words and apply the same rule to them all.