In the English Grammar Profile, A2 point 18 in the category of Adverbs is defined:
degree adverbs in end position.
For example:
An iWeb search for:
_VV * so much .
1 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 12598
2 LOVE IT SO MUCH. 1600
3 LOVE YOU SO MUCH. 752
4 LOVE THEM SO MUCH. 692
5 LOVED IT SO MUCH. 580
6 HELPED ME SO MUCH. 558
7 LIKE IT SO MUCH.
524
So I think for all these reasons, I like it so much.
PELIC STUDENT: Arabic female level 3 writing class
8 LOVE HIM SO MUCH. 432
9 MISS HIM SO MUCH. 368
10 TAUGHT ME SO MUCH. 333
11 MISS YOU SO MUCH. 332
12 LOVE HER SO MUCH. 321
13 LIKED IT SO MUCH. 286
14 ENJOY IT SO MUCH. 275
15 ENJOYED IT SO MUCH. 244
16 MISS HER SO MUCH. 205
17 APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH. 202
18 GIVEN ME SO MUCH. 180
19 LOVE THIS SO MUCH. 157
20 HATE IT SO MUCH. 153
21 LOVES IT SO MUCH. 140
22 LIKE THEM SO MUCH. 137
23 LOVED THEM SO MUCH. 135
24 LOVED HIM SO MUCH. 129
25 MISS IT SO MUCH. 115
26 LOVED HER SO MUCH. 114
27 ENJOYING IT SO MUCH. 107
28 GIVEN US SO MUCH. 101
29 BOTHER ME SO MUCH. 99
30 TIMES NOT SO MUCH. 92
31 TELL YOU SO MUCH. 77
32 LOVES YOU SO MUCH. 71
33 MISS THEM SO MUCH. 68
34 BOTHERS ME SO MUCH. 66
35 HELPS ME SO MUCH. 60
36 GAVE ME SO MUCH. 58
37 LOVES THEM SO MUCH. 58
38 LIKED THEM SO MUCH. 57
39 HELP YOU SO MUCH. 54
40 LOVES ME SO MUCH. 53
41 HATE THEM SO MUCH. 51
42 APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. 50
43 MIND IT SO MUCH. 49
44 HATED IT SO MUCH. 49
45 BOTHERS YOU SO MUCH. 48
1 HELPED ME A LOT.
1958
Reading helped me a lot during those days.
TLC STUDENT: female India B2
2 LIKE IT A LOT . 1819
3 LIKED IT A LOT . 737
4 HELP YOU A LOT . 659
5 TAUGHT ME A LOT . 584
6 USE IT A LOT . 537
7 HELP ME A LOT . 507
8 HELPS ME A LOT . 457
9 ENJOYED IT A LOT . 375
10 LIKE THEM A LOT . 359
11 MOVE AROUND A LOT . 307
12 COUNTS FOR A LOT . 303
13 SEEMS LIKE A LOT . 291
14 TELL YOU A LOT . 251
15 COMES UP A LOT . 218
16 ENJOY IT A LOT . 208
17 HELPED US A LOT . 190
18 LIKE THAT A LOT . 187
19 HELP OUT A LOT . 184
20 LIKE HIM A LOT . 169
21 USE THEM A LOT . 165
22 USING IT A LOT . 165
23 SEEM LIKE A LOT . 162
24 LIKE A LOT . 162
25 HELPS OUT A LOT . 160
26 THROWN AROUND A LOT . 156
27 SOUNDS LIKE A LOT . 149
28 LIKE THIS A LOT . 143
29 MOVING AROUND A LOT . 135
30 MISS HIM A LOT . 135
31 HELPING ME A LOT . 135
32 GET THAT A LOT . 129
33 COST YOU A LOT . 125
34 USED IT A LOT . 123
35 GET ASKED A LOT . 120
36 BOTHERS ME A LOT . 117
37 HELP US A LOT . 114
38 ENJOYING IT A LOT . 111
39 APPRECIATE IT A LOT . 109
40 LIKED HIM A LOT . 100
41 LIKES IT A LOT . 96
42 TEACH YOU A LOT . 96
43 GOING THROUGH A LOT . 84
44 SOUND LIKE A LOT . 83
45 OWE HIM A LOT . 82
A2 vocabulary:
around, bother, bothers, cost, hate, hated, mind, move, moving, out, sound, sounds, thrown
1 SO (RG) MUCH (DA1) 80
3 SO (RG) MUCH (RR) 5
If you can’t decide if ‘much’ is a singular after determiner or just a regular adverb, go with probability.