You might encounter the phrase “much needed” in informal writing. Usually, a writer uses this phrase to describe a strong or urgent need, but is it grammatically correct? It is correct to say “much needed” to emphasize the magnitude of a needed item or event. For example, you might say you took a “much-needed nap” …

Imagine your friend invites you to the movies. There’s a really great film that you want to see, but you also have a big exam tomorrow. Can you decline the invitation? Is it correct to tell your friend that the exam is “much important” than the movie? When you’re making a comparison, it is not …

Knowing which adjectives to use with uncountable nouns is a problem that plagues many English language learners. Take “time,” for example. It’s a singular noun that we use to represent an unknown number of seconds, minutes, hours, or even extended periods. So, is it correct to say “much time” instead of “many time”? It is …

We often need to know when something will happen or when it happened. In those scenarios, it’s helpful to know if we should use “at what time” to phrase our question or if there are better alternatives.  It is correct to use the prepositional phrase “at what time” to ask about the timing of an …

When a local restaurant changes its recipe for a particular dish, it may advertise by saying it is “Now Better!” But what happens if later they discover a further improved recipe? How would they communicate this? What is better than “better”? Some might say that the new recipe would be “more better.” Is that accurate?  …

Suppose you have three big buckets, all of which have water inside. One bucket has 1 liter of water, the second has 2 liters of water, and the third has 20 liters of water. Is it correct to say that the third bucket has much more water than the other two? It is correct to …