Posts Tagged ‘very’

Modification of words

July 25th, 2011 in Improve English

We can use words like much, many, little and few with degree modifiers like too, so, as, very, rather and how. Note that very much and very many are mostly used in questions and negatives.

Correct use of much and very

May 12th, 2011 in Improve English

Correct the following sentences.

1. She is very much beautiful.

2. He was very kind enough to invite me.

3. She is very better today.

Degree modifiers with comparatives and superlatives

September 18th, 2010 in Improve English

Very cannot be used with comparative adjectives. Instead, we use other words like much, far, very much, rather, a lot, any, no, a little and even.

Correct use of too

May 29th, 2010 in English Grammar, English Learning

The adverb too is used to show undesirable extremes. It has a negative meaning.

She is too fat.
He is too tired.

An infinitive structure is often used after too + adjective/adverb/determiner.

Correct Use of Some Adverbs

January 30th, 2010 in Common Mistakes

Avoid the use of double negatives

Two negatives should not be used in the same sentence because they destroy each other.

We should say:

Special Uses of Some Adverbs

December 22nd, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning, ESL, Improve English

Note the correct use of the following adverbs

Very

Very means ‘to a great degree’. It is commonly used with adjectives or adverbs in the positive degree.