Can 'too much tired' replace 'much too tired' in this construction?
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In the following clause of result, would it be possible to use 'too much tired' in place of 'much too tired'?
She is much too tired to go out.
clauses adverb-position intensifying-adverbs
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In the following clause of result, would it be possible to use 'too much tired' in place of 'much too tired'?
She is much too tired to go out.
clauses adverb-position intensifying-adverbs
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Mido Mido
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What does your research tell you?
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
12 hours ago
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@JanusBahsJacquet: I can't easily think of a context where the "less common" word order works with too much tired, but it's fine with other "adjectival past tense" forms such as he is too much admired not to have imitators. I think the precise "semantics" come into play when deciding which versions work, and which ones don't. But I wouldn't know how to define the distinction.
– FumbleFingers
12 hours ago
@FumbleFingers Is that really fine, though? As 19th-century English, yes; but in current-day English? It is definitely ungrammatical in my English. “He is (much) too admired not to have imitators” is how I’d have to phrase it.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
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In the following clause of result, would it be possible to use 'too much tired' in place of 'much too tired'?
She is much too tired to go out.
clauses adverb-position intensifying-adverbs
asked 12 hours ago
Mido Mido
433716
In the following clause of result, would it be possible to use 'too much tired' in place of 'much too tired'?
She is much too tired to go out.
clauses adverb-position intensifying-adverbs
clauses adverb-position intensifying-adverbs
asked 12 hours ago
Mido Mido
433716
asked 12 hours ago
Mido Mido
433716
asked 12 hours ago
Mido Mido
433716
asked 12 hours ago
Mido Mido
433716
asked 12 hours ago
Mido Mido
433716
433716
What does your research tell you?
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
12 hours ago
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@JanusBahsJacquet: I can't easily think of a context where the "less common" word order works with too much tired, but it's fine with other "adjectival past tense" forms such as he is too much admired not to have imitators. I think the precise "semantics" come into play when deciding which versions work, and which ones don't. But I wouldn't know how to define the distinction.
– FumbleFingers
12 hours ago
@FumbleFingers Is that really fine, though? As 19th-century English, yes; but in current-day English? It is definitely ungrammatical in my English. “He is (much) too admired not to have imitators” is how I’d have to phrase it.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
8 hours ago
add a comment |
What does your research tell you?
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
12 hours ago
1
@JanusBahsJacquet: I can't easily think of a context where the "less common" word order works with too much tired, but it's fine with other "adjectival past tense" forms such as he is too much admired not to have imitators. I think the precise "semantics" come into play when deciding which versions work, and which ones don't. But I wouldn't know how to define the distinction.
– FumbleFingers
12 hours ago
@FumbleFingers Is that really fine, though? As 19th-century English, yes; but in current-day English? It is definitely ungrammatical in my English. “He is (much) too admired not to have imitators” is how I’d have to phrase it.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
8 hours ago
What does your research tell you?
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
12 hours ago
What does your research tell you?
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
12 hours ago
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@JanusBahsJacquet: I can't easily think of a context where the "less common" word order works with too much tired, but it's fine with other "adjectival past tense" forms such as he is too much admired not to have imitators. I think the precise "semantics" come into play when deciding which versions work, and which ones don't. But I wouldn't know how to define the distinction.
– FumbleFingers
12 hours ago
@JanusBahsJacquet: I can't easily think of a context where the "less common" word order works with too much tired, but it's fine with other "adjectival past tense" forms such as he is too much admired not to have imitators. I think the precise "semantics" come into play when deciding which versions work, and which ones don't. But I wouldn't know how to define the distinction.
– FumbleFingers
12 hours ago
@FumbleFingers Is that really fine, though? As 19th-century English, yes; but in current-day English? It is definitely ungrammatical in my English. “He is (much) too admired not to have imitators” is how I’d have to phrase it.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
8 hours ago
@FumbleFingers Is that really fine, though? As 19th-century English, yes; but in current-day English? It is definitely ungrammatical in my English. “He is (much) too admired not to have imitators” is how I’d have to phrase it.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
8 hours ago
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What does your research tell you?
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
12 hours ago
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@JanusBahsJacquet: I can't easily think of a context where the "less common" word order works with too much tired, but it's fine with other "adjectival past tense" forms such as he is too much admired not to have imitators. I think the precise "semantics" come into play when deciding which versions work, and which ones don't. But I wouldn't know how to define the distinction.
– FumbleFingers
12 hours ago
@FumbleFingers Is that really fine, though? As 19th-century English, yes; but in current-day English? It is definitely ungrammatical in my English. “He is (much) too admired not to have imitators” is how I’d have to phrase it.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
8 hours ago