very

　　[誤] Thank you indeed.

　　[正] Thank you very much indeed.

　　[析] indeed用來修飾very much, 但要放其后面，而且也不要單獨使用。

　　[誤] The baby was very asleep.

　　[正] The baby was fast asleep.

　　[析] 不是所有的形容詞都可以用very來修飾，如： Im wide awake. (我全醒了。)再如： all alone(十分孤獨)，much afraid等。

　　[誤] The thing seems to be very improved.

　　[正] The thing seems to be much improved.

　　[析] 有些語法書講very修飾現在分詞，而much修飾過去分詞，這要分別對待。如果過去分詞是指一個具體的動作，而且是句中主要動詞的一部分就必須用much，而某些形容詞化的過去分詞，還是要用very來修飾的，如： I am very tired.

　　[誤] There is very less water in the river than usual.

　　[正] There is much/far less water in the river than usual.

　　[析] very不能修飾形容詞或副詞的比較級，而要用far, much等來修飾。