Guest  +  21149 Tue, 03 Feb 04 08:57 AM Which is the differece between: 1) I very much hope to improve my English. 2) I hope very much to improve my English. Thanks for your help!! Guest

	EnglishFanatic  +  21172 Tue, 03 Feb 04 02:07 PM I am not an expert in English grammar, but in this case I'll write "I hope to improve my English very much". I don't know which one is correct, so the English guru, please tell us. Thanks. EnglishFanatic Joined on Tue, Feb 3 2004 New Member 39 Good luck! Grammar, English Grammar

	dinosm  +  21195 Tue, 03 Feb 04 03:24 PM Of the two sentences, the first one ('I very much hope to improve my English') sounds more natural to me, but they both mean the same thing to me, that is that you have a great hope to improve your English. 'I hope to improve my English very much' sounds to me more like you hope to see a great improvement in your English, rather than having a great hope as in the previous sentences. dinosm Joined on Fri, Nov 28 2003 Manchester, U.K. New Member 43

	whl626  +  21265 Wed, 04 Feb 04 02:14 AM It is about the degree of emphasis to have strong emphasis on something we put the adverb in front as what ' much ' serves in the sentence. I very much hope is stronger in emphasis than I hope very much in your desire :P whl626 Joined on Sun, Aug 24 2003 Regular Member 882 Learn English every day Verbs, Adverbs