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Liveinjapan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Just

I just don't seem to hit it off with him.

Does the word 'just' soften this sentence or strengthen it?

Does it depend on the pronounciation or the intonation when you say this?

Thanks
LiJ

  

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I'd say "just" is an intensifier in your example. You just don't get it, do you ? vs.

— Goodman

  • I'd say "just" is an intensifier in your example.
  • You just don't get it, do you ?
  • vs.
  • You don't get it, do you ?
  • "Just" seems to put the stress on "don't get it".
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I'd say "just" is an intensifier in your example.

You just don't get it, do you ? vs. You don't get it, do you ? "Just" seems to put the stress on "don't get it". In some cases, the opposite may be the opposite.

Don't be too hard on Johnny. He is just 5 years old. "Just" used here seems to offer a justifciation and thus lessens the effect of the st
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Goodman I'd say "just" is an intensifier in your example.

You just don't get it, do you ? vs. You don't get it, do you ? "Just" seems to put the stress on "don't get it". In some cases, the opposite may be the opposite.

Don't be too hard on Johnny. He is just 5 years old. "Just" used here seems to offer a justifciation and
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