Twelve minutes is not much.
In this sentence, is the word ‘much’ used as a pronoun or adverb?
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asked Aug 12, 2016 at 10:37
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I think we have implicit noun: time
Twelve minutes is not much time
and hence «not much» is playing the role of a determiner.
answered Aug 12, 2016 at 11:12
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The sentence uses a linking verb (is) which means the subject can accept either a Predicate Adjective or Predicate Nominative. The Predicate Adjective is the phrase (not much).
answered Nov 28, 2017 at 15:38
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#1
In the English sentence:
Alfred is much taller than Richard.
What do you call the word ‘much’? I mean in grammar or parts of speech, is there a term for the function of the word ‘much’ in this context?
Thanks for your help.
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I think it is usually called an «adverb». (But different people use different terms to describe the English language.)
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I think it is usually called an «adverb». (But different people use different terms to describe the English language.)
Okay, thank you so much.
adverb.
adverb, comparative of much, with most as superlative.
Contents
- 1 What part of speech is more?
- 2 Is more an adjective?
- 3 Is more a verb or adverb?
- 4 What part of speech is more or less?
- 5 What word is more than most?
- 6 Is more a noun or adverb?
- 7 Is many an adj?
- 8 What type of noun is more?
- 9 What is more than adjective?
- 10 How do you use the word more?
- 11 Is the word less an adjective?
- 12 Is more a comparative?
- 13 Is it more or more?
- 14 What is less and more?
- 15 What part of speech is the word than?
- 16 Is most more than more?
- 17 What is greater than the most?
- 18 What is the most formal word?
- 19 Is many a preposition?
- 20 What type of adjective is many?
More can be a determiner, an adverb or a noun.
Is more an adjective?
The word “more” can be an adjective or an adverb depending on how it’s used. In your example, “more” is an adjective.
Is more a verb or adverb?
1 Answer. When “more” is used before adjective or adverb as “inconvenient” in your example, it is an adverb whose primary function is to modify the following word. However, when it is used before a noun (or sometimes after a noun), it is used as a determiner or adjective.
What part of speech is more or less?
More or less means ‘mostly’, ‘nearly’ or ‘approximately’. We use it in mid position (between the subject and main verb, or after the modal verb or first auxiliary verb, or after be as a main verb). It is slightly informal: We had more or less finished, so we decided to go for lunch.
What word is more than most?
Mostest Synonyms – WordHippo Thesaurus.
What is another word for mostest?
maximal | best |
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leading | max |
maximum | most |
outside | paramount |
superlative | supreme |
Is more a noun or adverb?
MORE (adverb, determiner, pronoun) definition and synonyms | Macmillan Dictionary.
Is many an adj?
Many is also an adjective. Among his many hobbies was the breeding of fine horses. The possibilities are many. You use many in expressions such as ‘not many’, ‘not very many’, and ‘too many’ when replying to questions about numbers of things or people.
What type of noun is more?
Countable nouns
Countable nouns can occur in both singular and plural forms. They can be modified by numbers, but also can be paired with quantifying determiners, such as many, most, more, or several.
What is more than adjective?
: to a great degree : very : extremely Please call me anytime.
How do you use the word more?
More is often considered to be the comparative form of much and , many. You use more to indicate that there is a greater amount of something than before or than average, or than something else. You can use ‘a little’, ‘a lot’, ‘a bit’, ‘ far’, and ‘much’ in front of more.
Is the word less an adjective?
Less refers to a comparatively smaller amount, quantity, or degree and can be used in this sense as an adverb, adjective, or noun. Less has several other senses as an adverb, adjective, noun, and a preposition.Less can be used in this sense as an adverb, adjective, or a noun.
Is more a comparative?
Longer adjectives use the words more and less when used as comparative adjectives. We use the word more to say that something demonstrates a higher degree of a quality than something else.
Is it more or more?
With countable nouns (such as “bird”/“birds”,”tree”/trees”, “house”/“houses”, “person”/“people”, and so forth), it’s correct to say “There are more and more”, because after there is one, “more” must mean that there are more than one, and thus the noun is plural, and hence “are” is used.
What is less and more?
The phrase less is more means that having just the essential things is better than having way too much of superfluous things. It allows you to focus on what matters. 1 Less is More Meaning.
What part of speech is the word than?
preposition
Than is a grammatical particle analyzed as both a conjunction and a preposition in the English language. It introduces a comparison and is associated with comparatives and with words such as more, less, and fewer.
Is most more than more?
In a general sense, more is used when referring to a greater or additional amount or degree. Most, on the other hand, is used when referring to greatest in amount or degree. The key difference between more and most is that while more is considered as a comparative form, most is considered the superlative form.
What is greater than the most?
- ultimate.
- biggest.
- greatest.
- largest.
- most.
- paramount.
- supreme.
- topmost.
What is the most formal word?
What is another word for most formal?
most official | most legal |
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most legitimate | most recognisedUK |
most recognizedUS | most valid |
most authentic | most explicit |
most methodical | most proper |
Is many a preposition?
No, ‘many’ is not a preposition. However, it can be used as an adjective, pronoun, or noun.
What type of adjective is many?
An indefinite adjective describes or modifies a noun unspecifically. They provide indefinite/unspecific information about the noun. The common indefinite adjectives are few, many, much, most, all, any, each, every, either, nobody, several, some, etc.
1 ‘more’ is a comparative after-determiner (DAR), when it is followed by a noun phrase. For example:
- For more information, contact me.
- One or more of the people have come.
2 ‘more’ is a comparative adverb of degree (RGR), when it modifies an adjective or adverb.
- You are more likely to win, and more importantly, get the money.
16 MORE (RR22) 88488 ADVERBIAL PHRASE
ONCE MORE
My powers will pass to Maximus, to hold in trust, until the Senate is ready to rule once more.
LISTEN
*oddly, the CLAWS7 tagset does not capture ‘more’ as a pronoun. For example:
Tell me more.
1 MORE (DAR) THAN (CSN) 3276913
4 MORE (RRR) THAN (CSN) 169015
1 . (.) FOR (IF) MORE (DAR) INFORMATION (NN1) , (,) 102491
2 . (.) FOR (IF) MORE (DAR) INFORMATION (NN1) ON (II) 51754
5 ONE (MC1) OR (CC) MORE (DAR) OF (IO) THE (AT) 41161
6 . (.) FOR (IF) MORE (DAR) INFORMATION (NN1) ABOUT (II) 40314
7 (NULL) FOR (IF) MORE (DAR) INFORMATION (NN1) ON (II) 37209
8 (NULL) FOR (IF) MORE (DAR) INFORMATION (NN1) ABOUT (II) 31959
10 (NULL) FOR (IF) MORE (DAR) INFORMATION (NN1) , (,) 18029
14 THEY (PPHS2) ARE (VBR) MORE (RGR) LIKELY (JJ) TO (TO) 12961
15 . (.) READ (VV0) MORE (DAR) … (…) (NULL) 11953
17 AND (CC) , MORE (RGR) IMPORTANTLY (RR) , 11203
18 YOU (PPY) HAVE (VH0) MORE (DAR) THAN (CSN) ONE (MC1) 10693
21 AND (CC) MANY (DA2) MORE (DAR) . 10431
23 THERE (EX) IS (VBZ) MORE (DAR) THAN (CSN) ONE (MC1) 10322
25 ONE (MC1) OR (CC) MORE (DAR) OF (IO) THESE (DD2) 10043
26 YOU (PPY) ARE (VBR) MORE (RGR) LIKELY (JJ) TO (TO) 9705
27 ARE (VBR) MUCH (RR) MORE (RGR) LIKELY (JJ) TO (TO) 9595
28 IS (VBZ) NOTHING (PN1) MORE (DAR) THAN (CSN) A (AT1) 9215
31 . FOR (IF) MORE (DAR) INFORMATION (NN1) PLEASE (RR) 8709
32 TO (TO) LEARN (VVI) MORE (RRR_DAR) .8693
33 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) MORE (DAR) OF (IO) A (AT1) 8426
35 , (,) AND (CC) MORE (RGR) IMPORTANTLY (RR) , 8068
39 SO (RG) MUCH (DA1) MORE (DAR) . 6942
40 YOU (PPY) ‘RE (VBR) MORE (RGR) LIKELY (JJ) TO 6936
42 WILL (VM) BE (VBI) MORE (RGR) LIKELY (JJ) TO 6551
43 , (,) BUT (CCB) MORE (RGR) IMPORTANTLY (RR) , 6533
44 TO (TO) SPEND (VVI) MORE (DAR) TIME (NNT1) WITH (IW) 6236
45 . (.) FOR (IF) MORE (DAR) INFORMATION (NN1) AND (CC) 6219
46 , (,) AND (CC) MORE (RRR) ! (!) (NULL) 6159
47 . (.) FOR (IF) MORE (DAR) DETAILS (NN2) , (,) 6067
49 HERE (RL) FOR (IF) MORE (DAR) INFORMATION (NN1) . (.) 6055
50 . (.) (NULL) MORE (RGR_RRR) IMPORTANTLY (RR) , (,) 6017
54 . (.) FOR (IF) MORE (DAR) INFORMATION (NN1) OR (CC) 5872
57 PEOPLE (NN) ARE (VBR) MORE (RGR) LIKELY (JJ) TO (TO) 5562
59 … (…) READ (VV0) MORE (DAR) … (…) (NULL) 5462
60 AND (CC) MUCH (RR_DA1) MORE (RRR_DAR) . 5431
61 . (.) FOR (IF) MORE (DAR) INFORMATION (NN1) VISIT 5427
64 THIS (DD1) IS (VBZ) MORE (DAR) OF (IO) A (AT1) 5300
67 ARE (VBR) FAR (RG) MORE (RGR) LIKELY (JJ) TO (TO) 5092
68 (NULL) FOR (IF) MORE (DAR) INFORMATION (NN1) OR (CC) 5022
69 AND (CC) MUCH (RR) MORE (RRR) ! (!) (NULL) 4919
72 AND (CC) ARE (VBR) MORE (RGR) LIKELY (JJ) TO (TO) 4728
75 WOULD (VM) BE (VBI) MORE (DAR_RRR) THAN (CSN) HAPPY (JJ) 4557
76 ARE (VBR) ALSO (RR) MORE (RGR) LIKELY (JJ) TO (TO) 4495
77 PAGE (NN1) FOR (IF) MORE (DAR) INFORMATION (NN1) . 4491
The word “THE” is a Definite Article and an Adverb.Take a look at the definitions and examples below and you will see how this little word can be used as different parts of speech.
1. Definite Article
This word “The” is considered as a definite article because it is used to refer to something specific. It is also placed before a noun, if the audience already knows what is being referred to (there is only one or the subject has already been mentioned). For example, let’s look at the sentence below:
“The pope will visit the Philippines in 2015.”
“The” is used because there is only one pope in the whole world.
Definition:
a. used to indicate a person or thing that has already been mentioned or seen or is clearly understood from the situation
- Joe is the tallest boy in class.
b. used to refer to things or people that are common in daily life
- The moon is aligned between the Sun and the Earth.
c. used to refer to things that occur in nature
- The inner planets of the solar system are denser compared to the outer planets.
2. Adverb
Aside from acting as a definite article, “The” can also be used as an adverb. Take for example the sentence below:
“Since getting a new computer, he was able to produce outputs all the quicker.”
In that sentence, “the” serves as an adverb because it modifies the adjective quicker. Take note that the word can only be used as an adverb if it is used together with an adjective or another adverb which is in the comparative degree.
Definition:
a. than before: than otherwise —used before a comparative
- The sooner the better.
b. to what extent
- Mercury is the most cratered planet in our Solar System.
c. beyond all others
- The more the merrier.