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1. The document you gave me yesterday is really helpful.
2. The document you gave me yesterday is genuinely helpful.
3. The document you gave me yesterday is helpful indeed.
4. The document you gave me yesterday is truly helpful.
Hello native speakers. Do the sentences above carry the same meaning and sound natural in spoken English?
Thanks very much in advance.
Top answer
(1) is most normal/usual. "genuinely" in (2) is quite strong, and probably needs some context more than the norm; for example, some doubt or question raised about the document's helpfulness that you want to strongly dispel, or something like that. (3) is correct English, but not a form of wording likely to be used in everyday speech.
- (1) is most normal/usual.
- "genuinely" in (2) is quite strong, and probably needs some context more than the norm; for example, some doubt or question raised about the document's helpfulness that you want to strongly dispel, or something like that.
- (3) is correct English, but not a form of wording likely to be used in everyday speech.
- It feels more like rather formal written English.
- (4) is more profuse than (1).
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(1) is most normal/usual.
"genuinely" in (2) is quite strong, and probably needs some context more than the norm; for example, some doubt or question raised about the document's helpfulness that you want to strongly dispel, or something like that.
(3) is correct English, but not a form of wording likely to be used in everyday speech. It feels more like rather formal written English
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