Can you say "this is very key information"
Hi. When you use the word "key" as an adjective, to mean "important", as in "key workers" or "key information", can you also add "extremely" or "very" before it? So can you say "this is very key information"?
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No. That would be unnatural. There are few (if any) adverbs that modify "key" as an adjective.
- No.
- That would be unnatural.
- There are few (if any) adverbs that modify "key" as an adjective.
- I can think of "truly" and adverbs of frequency such as "always" or "rarely" that can work with "key".
- There may be others too.
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No. That would be unnatural. There are few (if any) adverbs that modify "key" as an adjective.
I can think of "truly" and adverbs of frequency such as "always" or "rarely" that can work with "key". There may be others too.
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'very' is sometimes used, but 'extremely' is barely used at all. (They both seem a bit redundant to me. I think of 'key' as already meaning 'very important'.)
Here are a few examples I found online.
Stress is a very key factor.
The bill makes a very key invest
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