Is 'savvy' OK to use?

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Teachers,If you want to say to the person you're talking to right now that he has a lot of knowledge on many things...Would the followings make sense?1. You are very knowledgeable.  or  You are a knowledgeable person.2. You are very savvy.  or  You are a savvy person.3. You know a lot of things.Or anything else that you would say in this situation??Thank you very much.

Yankee · Accepted Answer

If you are talking to someone, you would use the contraction "you're".

AnonymousWould the followings make sense?
1. You're very knowledgeable.
or You're a very knowledgeable person.
2. You're very savvy.
or You're a very savvy person.
3. You know a lot (of things).

AnonymousOr anything else that you would say in this situation??

There are any number of ways that people might express this idea. Some of those would simply be variations on what you've already written. For example:

- You're one of the most knowledgeable people I've ever met.
- Wow! You really know a lot about all kinds of things, don't you?

Or someone might ask a rhetorical question such as this:

- Is there anything you don't know?

CalifJim · Answer

In my experience, the adjective savvy is rarely heard.

CJ

Thomas Tompion · Answer

In British English,

1. Both these options are fine.

2. I wouldn't use words like 'savvy' until you have a good working knowledge of the language. Slang has a tone of its own and some slang words are unsuitable for some occasions.

3. Is too flatulent to be worth saying, and would make people suspicious that you didn't mean what you say. The English use a lot of irony.

Anonymous · Answer

Yankee, Calif Jim, Thomas,
Thank you for your help.

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