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Volcano1985 Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

My mother was ................. ill last summer

My mother was ................. ill last summer, but, fortunately, is now making a slow but steady recovery.


critically
deeply
fatally
definitely
serious

I think critically
  

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Any but "fatally" will work, including serious ly. 'Fatally' is usually used with 'injury' rather than 'illness' and denotes death. 'Deeply' is questionable.

— Philip

  • Any but "fatally" will work, including serious ly.
  • 'Fatally' is usually used with 'injury' rather than 'illness' and denotes death.
  • 'Deeply' is questionable.
  • Your choice is probably the best.
  • When I was teaching there, we were cautioned always to use the word 'ill' rather than 'sick'.
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Any but "fatally" will work, including seriously. 'Fatally' is usually used with 'injury' rather than 'illness' and denotes death. 'Deeply' is questionable. Your choice is probably the best.

When I was teaching there, we were cautioned always to use the word 'ill' rather than 'sick'.
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