speechpatterns:blog:2017-04-05-064729
State + much/some/etc. of + Noun (Владимир vs Алеша)
I don't like milk. → I am not much of a milk admirer.
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speechpatterns/blog/2017-04-05-064729.txt · Last modified: 2018/04/27 17:03 by schyuri
Discussion
I don't like to take pictures.
I'm not much of a picture taker.
“Owls” don't like to get up early
“Owls” are not much of early risers.
He dislikes meat.
He's not much of a meat eater.
Children don't like being told “not allowed!”
Children are little of “not allowed” fonders.
Alex doesn't like {it} when he is told “stop drinking”.
Alex isn't much of a “stop drinking” suitor (stop-drinking-advice listener)
Princess doesn't like anybody except herself
The princess is none of anybody's lover.
The prince likes nobody but the pea under the mattress.
The princess is none of anybody's lover (anyone's love giver) except the pea under the mattress.
The daughter doesn't like mother's lover
The daughter isn't much of a mother's lover exciter.
I adore boxing.
I'm much of a boxing adorer.
I like to dream of diving in the Red Sea.
I'm much of a Red Sea diving dreamer.
Don't you like to chat with your friends on the skype?
Are you much of a skype chatting with your friends fonder?
I used to like sports much more than I do now.
I used to be much more of a sports fonder than I am now.
Did you use to like riding a bicycle?
Did you use to be much of a bicycle riding fonder?
There are many people who has never been loved.
I can not see how the speech pattern can be used here. What is your transformation?
I thought it was possible to transform in that way: There are many people whom no one has ever been much of a lover (much of a love giver).
I see. But I not sure that it is correct to clash the verb love and the speech pattern that has the same meaning.
I do not find going to the cinema interesting for me.
I'm not much of a movie-at-the-cinema watcher (cinema movies watcher).
I love him more than I hate him.
I am rather much of an admirer of him than {a} hater of him.