Diagramming help

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"He was never really that much into soccer."

How would our heroes Reed and Kellogg have diagrammed this one?

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I would have shown "really" as a modifier of "that much" because it tells how much.
 

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Yes, I can see that.
 

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I would have shown "really" as a modifier of "that much" because it tells how much.

Thank you for your insightful post.

Your idea comes out very clearly if we simply the sentence:

He was very much into soccer.

He was really very much into soccer.
 
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