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MustAsk Posted 13 years ago
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A little/slightly a long story
Hi,
Is it fine to say
1. I'm afraid it's a little a long story.
2. I'm afraid it's slightly a long story?
I personally wouldn't use it in a conversation or a text without looking this up. To me the first one seems very odd. Doesn't it?
Thanks
Is it fine to say
1. I'm afraid it's a little a long story.
2. I'm afraid it's slightly a long story?
I personally wouldn't use it in a conversation or a text without looking this up. To me the first one seems very odd. Doesn't it?
Thanks
Top answer
The first sentence is incorrect and the second is also dubious.. I'm afraid it's a slightly a long story. This is informal: I'm afraid it's a bit of a long story.
- The first sentence is incorrect and the second is also dubious..
- I'm afraid it's a slightly a long story.
- This is informal: I'm afraid it's a bit of a long story.
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The first sentence is incorrect and the second is also dubious..
I'm afraid it's a slightly a long story.
This is informal:
I'm afraid it's a bit of a long story.
I'm afraid it's a slightly
This is informal:
I'm afraid it's a bit of a long story.
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I've seen this in a dictionary "I'm afraid it's rather a long story." , where rather means "relatively" or "somewhat". That's the reason why I asked if "slightly" can be used in with the same sentence structure.
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MustAskI've seen this in a dictionary "I'm afraid it's rather a long story." , where rather means "relatively" or "somewhat". That's the reason why I asked if "slightly" can be used in with the same sentence structure.It can be substituted as an adverb, where the adverb is a modifier of the adjective. eg.
It's a rather long story.
It's a slightly
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