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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

I'm very Freezing

Why can we not say "I'm very freezing"?
  

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Anonymous Why can we not say "I'm very freezing"? ) If you say that you are freezing or freezing cold, you emphasizing that you feel very cold. `You must be freezing,' she said.

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  • Anonymous Why can we not say "I'm very freezing"?
  • ) If you say that you are freezing or freezing cold, you emphasizing that you feel very cold.
  • `You must be freezing,' she said.
  • )
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AnonymousWhy can we not say "I'm very freezing"? (remove 'very'.)

If you say that you are freezing or freezing cold, you emphasizing that you feel very cold.
`You must be freezing,' she said. ('very' should be removed.)
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AnonymousWhy can we not say "I'm very freezing"? (remove 'very'.)

If you say that you are freezing or freezing cold, you are emphasizing that you feel very cold.
`You must be freezing,' she said.
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Freezing is a verb and very can't modify a verb. Other incorrect ways to use very with a verb:

I am very walking.
I very walk every day.

Very can modify an adjective: T
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