Discussion
In the sentence below, a part is printed in bold. Choose the alternative that best replaces it. If no improvement is needed, choose ‘No correction required’.
He is very much tired after the long journey.
Answer: C
Correct answer: very
Very modifies adjectives and adverbs in the positive degree, and tired here functions as an ordinary adjective, so very tired is what is wanted. The word much modifies past participles used passively and comparatives: much impressed, much better, much more difficult. Very much is correct before a verb - I very much appreciate it - but not before a simple adjective. The related pair worth learning is very versus too. Very merely intensifies; too means more than is desirable and implies a consequence: he is too tired to continue. Writing too tired where only emphasis is meant reverses the sense, and is among the commonest errors of degree. With comparatives, very is wrong altogether: it is much better or far better, never very better.
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