Query Details
| Query Subject: |
question: use of 'much'
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| Author: | Svalberg, Dr A.M.L. |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email |
| Query: |
There is a discussion going on among our MA students about the use of 'much'. One person observed: It seems OK to say something like 'There is much happiness to be found in living a simple life' but it seems odder to say: "There is much salt on the floor". Register and degree of abstractness have been forwarded as explanations but nobody has been able to come up with a good description of/ explanation for how 'much' is used. Any ideas? Agneta Agneta M-L Svalberg (Dr) CELTEAL/ School of Education University of Leicester 21 University Road Leicester LE1 7RF UK20 |
