He seemed very interested in everything.
英语语法书上说 very 修饰形容词,而 much 修饰-ed 分词和-ing 分词。因此,我认为上面句子的 very 应改为 much。
应当明确,上句中的interested并不是过去分词,而是形容词,因此用very来修饰,是完全正确的。英语中的这类形容词都可以用very来修饰:frightening, surprising, exciting, alarming, insulting, ashamed, amazed, bored, delighted, frightened, excited, shocked, pleased。
I was very tired (excited, frightened). 我很疲劳(激动,害怕)。
但是，当-ed分词和-ing分词用作谓语的一部分时，则应当用much来修饰：
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I was much influenced by many writers. 我受到过许多作家的深刻影响。
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I was much tired by the task. 我被那个任务弄得很疲劳。
这里应当着重指出,very much 是 much 的加强形式,而不是 very 的加强形式,因此,凡是可以用 much 的地方,大都可以用 very much:
I was very much influenced by many writers. 我受到过许多作家的非常深刻的影响。
[附注]对于学生,上面的知识已足够了。作教师的则不应把上面的规则看得太死,更不要看到违背上述规则的实例而大惊小怪。实际上,违背上述规则的实例俯拾即是。例如,a-fraid是个形容词,但是,却可以说much afraid。再如,-ed分词用作谓语时,也可以用very来修饰(见very/much)。下面便是违背上述规则一些实例:
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I'm very much aware of the problems. (CIDE) 我深刻地意识到这些问题。[可解释为：以 a-开头的、只能用作表语的形容词通常用 much(或 very much)来修饰]
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Jane and Mary are very much alike. 简和玛丽长得很像。
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I was much annoyed. (OSD) 我很生气。
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The man was very offended by the policeman. (CGEL) 那男人被警察弄得很生气。请做下面的英语试题：
He was ____ praised by all of us.
A. very B. much C. much very D. much more