Question

State whether True or False:
‘Too’ may also come before nouns when it is used with the expressions ‘too much’ and ‘too many’.
A) True
B) False

Answer 1

Hint: An Adverb is a word that modifies the meaning of a Verb, an Adjective or another Adverb. Adverbs answer the question words - how, when, where, why, or to what extent—how often or how much (e.g., daily, completely).

Complete answer:
The adverbs are of three kinds:
Simple adverbs - Adverbs of time, adverbs of place, adverbs of number, adverbs of manner or quality, adverbs of degree or quantity, adverbs of reason and adverbs of affirmation or negation.
Interrogative adverbs - Interrogative adverb of time, Interrogative adverb of place, Interrogative adverb of number, Interrogative adverb of manner, Interrogative adverb of quantity and Interrogative adverb of reason.

Relative Adverbs – Where, when and why. ‘Too’ is an adverb of degree or quantity which answers the question ‘How much?’ or ‘In what degree?’

The above option is correct as the given statement is true as ‘Too much’ is used before an uncountable noun and ‘Too many’ without a noun when the noun is obvious or before a plural noun. 'Much' is used when we are speaking about a singular noun whereas 'Many' is used when we are speaking about a plural noun. Similarly, we use "too much" with countable nouns and "too many" with uncountable nouns. "Too much" and "too many" are generally used for negative things.

Therefore the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note: Important rules while using adverbs:
- Adverbs of manners like well, fast, quickly, carefully, calmly, etc. are placed after the verb when there is no object and after the object, when there is one.
- Adverbs of time like always, often sometimes, never, generally, ever merely, seldom, etc. are placed before the verb they qualify.
- Adverbs of degree mention the intensity of something. It refers to words which portray “how much”, “in what degree” or “to what extent” the action takes place.
- The meaning of ‘too’ is ‘more than enough’. Thus, it shows some kind of excess.
- ‘Enough’ is placed after the word it qualifies.
- ‘Much’ is used with past participles.
- ‘Very’ is used with present participles.
- When ‘very’ and ‘much’ are used to qualify the superlative form of adjectives/adverbs, ‘the’ should be placed before the word ‘very’ and after the word ‘much’.
- Adverbs of affirmation or negation refer to words that assert the action surely.
- ‘No sooner’ must be followed by ‘than’.
- ‘No’ should not be used with words, which have negative meaning if we want the sentence to be negative.
‘Of course’ is used to represent a natural conscience. It should not be used instead of certainly, undoubtedly.