1-25. Уточнители very и same

 
Уточнитель very употребляется с определенным артиклем:

Не is [the very man you want] (немного формально).
They live at [the very edge of town].
She was mad about him from [the very first].

■ В роли уточнителя может употребляться very much:

She didn't have [very much money].
Have you got [very much work to do]?

Но very much (как и much) обычно не употребляется в утвердительных предложениях:

There was [a lot of snow] on the road. (не ‘There was very much snow’.)

Уточнитель same

1. Уточнитель same употребляется с определенным артиклем и при сравнении с последующим as:

You've got [the same idea] as me. (не ‘...my same idea’.)
Her hair's [the same colour] as her mother's. (не ‘...the same colour like... ’)

2. В придаточных предложениях после the same… может употребляться who, that и as (эти слова могут и опускаться):

That's [the same man that/who asked me for money] yesterday.
He's wearing [the same shirt that/as he had on] yesterday.
He's wearing [the same shirt he had on] yesterday.

3. Употребляется выражение the very same (= exactly the same):

Our birthdays are on [the very same day].