very/much ²

让我们先来考察权威语言学家 R. Quirk 等人的论述：

“对于-ing 分词来说,肯定不能和 very 连用:

× His views were very alarming his audience.

对于-ed 和-ing 分词来说,如果它们被前置的强化语所修饰,那就清楚地表明它们已取得了形容词的地位:

His views were very alarming." (CGEL)

至于《高分托福语法》所举例子中的 interesting 是个明显的形容词(见《新英汉词典》)。CGEL(§ 17.98)说它已经完全形容词化。He is interesting.(他很有趣)。类似的形容词还有 frightening, surprising, exciting, tempting, alarming, insulting。这些形容词有时称作分词型形容词(participle adjectives)。请阅读下面的实例：

1. When the hotel was reached her condition was still more alarming. (Mis) 当到达旅馆的时候,她的状况更加令人不安。

2. The idea was so exciting. (Mansfield) 这个主意非常令人兴奋。

3. You are very frightening. (CGEL) 你很令人害怕。

4. Doubtless he had not meant to offend me, but the tone of his remarks was certainly insulting. 毫无疑问，他并不是有意冒犯我，但是说话的语调肯定是很侮辱人的。

5. Those chocolates are very tempting. (Neal) 这些巧克力是很诱人的。

6. What you've just told me is very surprising. (Maugham) 你告诉我的事非常令人惊讶。

7. She has a very interesting mind. (CGEL) 她的想法很有意思。

She is very calculating. (形容词) 她很会为自己打算。

8. $\$left\{\text{She is calculating our salaries. (现在分词)(CGEL)}\right. 她正在计算我们的工资。

关于 much 的用法和例句, 见上条。