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English 1b3 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Fierce Respect

Huge respect, great respect and enormous respect seem less powerful and are overused...

Does it make sense and is it colloquial to say someone had a fierce respect for someone?

If not, what are some words I could use to indicate a very strong respect for someone?
  

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English 1b3 Does it make sense and is it colloquial to say someone had a fierce respect for someone? I don't think so, except perhaps in some literary writing. English 1b3 Huge respect, great respect and enormous respect seem less powerful and are overused...

  • English 1b3 Does it make sense and is it colloquial to say someone had a fierce respect for someone?
  • I don't think so, except perhaps in some literary writing.
  • English 1b3 Huge respect, great respect and enormous respect seem less powerful and are overused...
  • Not really.
  • Collocations are the meat and potatoes of efficacious communication.
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English 1b3Does it make sense and is it colloquial to say someone had a fierce respect for someone?
I don't think so, except perhaps in some literary writing.
English 1b3Huge respect, great respect and enormous respect seem less powerful and are overused...
Not really. Collocations are the meat and potatoes of efficacious c
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You know that feeling when you learn a new word and wonder how you ever lived without it? Collocations... Great word. Thanks

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