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Taka Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
A little
About "I'm a little tired", does it only literally mean that I'm a little tired?
Or can it be a modest way of saying "I'm very tired"?
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g. prone to understatement, or not wanting to be seen to make a fuss, might use it that way I guess. This is more to do with people not saying exactly what they mean for whatever reason than with any particular linguistic property of "a little".
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- prone to understatement, or not wanting to be seen to make a fuss, might use it that way I guess.
- This is more to do with people not saying exactly what they mean for whatever reason than with any particular linguistic property of "a little".
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Someone e.g. prone to understatement, or not wanting to be seen to make a fuss, might use it that way I guess. This is more to do with people not saying exactly what they mean for whatever reason than with any particular linguistic property of "a little".
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