Write/Writeln, etc

[Don]

Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On Fri, 08 May 2009 08:28:28 -0400, Georg Wrede <georg.wrede at iki.fi> wrote:
> 
>> Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>>> On Thu, 07 May 2009 16:02:52 -0400, Jarrett Billingsley 
>>> <jarrett.billingsley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:38 PM, bearophile 
>>>> <bearophileHUGS at lycos.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The following doesn't work, the pragma isn't seen as an 
>>>>> instruction, I guess this is normal, but I don't like it much:
>>>>>
>>>>> static if (true)
>>>>>    pragma(msg, "true");
>>>>> else
>>>>>    pragma(msg, "false");
>>>>
>>>> Funny, I just ran into that today too.  If you add braces, for some
>>>> reason it works.
>>>>
>>>>> D2 programs need more and more compile-time printing, and:
>>>>> pragma(msg, ToString(...) ~ ...);
>>>>> isn't much nice.
>>>>
>>>> Once again: 'much' and 'too much' can never.
>>>>
>>>> modify.
>>>>
>>>> adjectives.
>>>>
>>>> They are not adverbs.
>>>  Much.
>>>  can be.
>>>  an adverb.
>>>  http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/much%5B2%5D
>>>  Besides, who really cares if people use incorrect grammar?  We 
>>> aren't turning in essay papers here.
>>>  Bearophile, what you meant to say was "isn't much nicer".
>>
>> Or "isn't very nice".
>>
>> (At least, if looking at bearophile's regular use of that phrase. 
>> Could it be that "very" and "much" are the same word in Italian?)
>>
>> Not that I care, English isn't my first language, either. ;-)
> 
> could be, I didn't read the whole context.
> 
> If you were comparing something to something else, then "isn't much 
> nicer" makes sense, but if you are not comparing two things, then "isn't 
> very nice" makes more sense.
> 
> "isn't much nice" seems like it should make sense from a purely 
> grammatical point of view, but it sounds weird to me :)  I don't know 
> why it's bad, but it is.
> 
> -Steve

"nice" isn't measurable, so you can't use "much". Likewise, you can only 
use "many" if it's something you can count.