much
a great quantity, measure, or degree: not much to do; He owed much of his success to his family. a great, important, or notable thing or matter: He isn''t much to look at.
USAGE: Much • The adverb much is mainly used before comparative adjectives or adjectives with ''too'': He''s much older than she is. The soup was much too salty.
You use much to indicate the great intensity, extent, or degree of something such as an action, feeling, or change. Much is usually used with ''so'', ''too'', and ''very'', and in negative clauses with
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