How much does it worth?

[valdemar]

Is it correct? I thought it was 'How much is it worth'? but I've been surfing the internet and some people write it that way. So I'm not sure wheather is wrong or it's symply another way to say it. If this way is correct could you please explain me the difference between both.

thank you

 

[ewie]

No it's not correct. It's not at all correct. There's a lot of extremely incorrect English on the internet.

 

[Einstein]

In general in English there is no verb to express value, so we use "be" + the adjective "worth". Probably speakers of other languages, which do have a verb to express value, think "worth" is a verb in English. It's not!

Spelling: simply.

 

[perpend]

What is the sentence in Spanish, valdemar? You might want to go to Spanish-English.

 

[valdemar]

In general in English there is no verb to express value, so we use "be" + the adjective "worth". Probably speakers of other languages, which do have a verb to express value, think "worth" is a verb in English. It's not!

Spelling: simply.

Thank you for the correction Einstein.
It's true!, in Spanish the equivalent word for 'value', - valor -, is also used as a verb. What you say is interesting because this is exaclty the case when I get confused. What does it mean these expressions for you:

1.- a person worth millions.
2.- a proposal not worth consideration
3.- Prizes worth $10,000

 

[wandle]

1.- a person worth millions.
2.- a proposal not worth consideration
3.- Prizes worth $10,000

In these cases, 'worth' is an adjective, meaning either: 'worthy of', in (2), or: 'of the value of', in (1) and (3).

 

[valdemar]

1.- a person worth millions.
2.- a proposal not worth consideration
3.- Prizes worth $10,000

In these cases, 'worth' is an adjective, meaning either: 'worthy of', in (2), or: 'of the value of', in (1) and (3).

Perfect explanation Wandle!!. Although this is a new grammatical construction for me, I can see the point of my confusion and everything is much clearer. Thank you so much