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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Flexible friend: actually
Is "actually" really this flexible?
He was not as wonderful as she had expected.
Actually, he was not as wonderful as she had expected.
He actually was not as wonderful as she had expected.
He was actually not as wonderful as she had expected.
He was not actually as wonderful as she had expected.
He was not as wonderful, actually, as he had expected.
He was not as wonderful as actually she had expected.
He was not as wonderful as she actually had expected.
He was not as wonderful as she had actually expected.
He was not as wonderful as she had expected actually.
He was not as wonderful as she had expected.
Actually, he was not as wonderful as she had expected.
He actually was not as wonderful as she had expected.
He was actually not as wonderful as she had expected.
He was not actually as wonderful as she had expected.
He was not as wonderful, actually, as he had expected.
He was not as wonderful as actually she had expected.
He was not as wonderful as she actually had expected.
He was not as wonderful as she had actually expected.
He was not as wonderful as she had expected actually.
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YEs but these two don't strike me as quite as natural. He was not as wonderful as actually she had expected. He was not as wonderful as she actually had expected.
- YEs but these two don't strike me as quite as natural.
- He was not as wonderful as actually she had expected.
- He was not as wonderful as she actually had expected.
- Also be careful as the meaning may change depending on the placement of the word.
- Sometimes the 'actually' refers to the attitude of the person speaking, and sometimes it refers to the attitude of 'she'.
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YEs but these two don't strike me as quite as natural.
He was not as wonderful as actually she had expected.
He was not as wonderful as she actually had expected.
Also be careful as the meaning may change depending on the placement of the word. Sometimes the 'actually' refers to the attitude of the person speaking, and sometimes it refers to the attitude of 'she'.
He was not as wonderful as actually she had expected.
He was not as wonderful as she actually had expected.
Also be careful as the meaning may change depending on the placement of the word. Sometimes the 'actually' refers to the attitude of the person speaking, and sometimes it refers to the attitude of 'she'.
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AnonymousIs "actually" really this flexible? Almost. Some people (such as myself) tend to overuse it, in a manner similar to "really." It went through a "valley girl" type of popularism, but I think that's mostly over. It's long enough to allow you to collect your thoughts while you're drawling it out.
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