KeunChulLee Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
What Does "Very Much" Modify?
And there were his two sons, Randy and Lonny, middle-aged men from his turbulent first marriage, very much their mother's children, who as a consequence knew little of him that was praiseworthy and much that was beastly and who were present out of duty and nothing else.
- Philip Roth, Everyman
I'm curious to know what "very much" modifies.
Top answer
very much modifies t heir mother's children. The two sons were very much like their mother. Consider this simpler example.
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very much modifies their mother's children. The two sons were very much like their mother.
Consider this simpler example.
Tom, very much an athlete, has won 10 gold medals.
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