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Simi Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

Overwhelming

Hi,

"The driving experience was overwhelming."

Or

"The driving experience was overwhelmingly strong."

Context: Of late, I have started taking driving lessons. So how should I say use the word - "OVERWHELMING" - as an adjective or as an adverb. Are my sentences grammatically correct?

Thanks.
  

Top answer

Your sentences are both fine, but with different meanings. The driving experience was overwhelming = the experience was more than I could take The driving experience was overwhelmingly strong = the experience was exceptionally strong.

— Feebs11

  • Your sentences are both fine, but with different meanings.
  • The driving experience was overwhelming = the experience was more than I could take The driving experience was overwhelmingly strong = the experience was exceptionally strong.
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Your sentences are both fine, but with different meanings.

The driving experience was overwhelming = the experience was more than I could take

The driving experience was overwhelmingly strong = the experience was exceptionally strong.
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Feebs11The driving experience was overwhelming = the experience was more than I could take

The driving experience was overwhelmingly strong = the experience was exceptionally strong.
The first sentence was what I had used while conversing with my english teacher when he asked about my driving lessons. But according to him, rather than using the w
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I wouldn't argue the point with my teacher. Smile sweetly and say nothing.

But he is in fact not correct. Both sentences are fine, and in fact I prefer your sentence as expressive and saying what you felt.
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Hmmm.... Thanks Feebs...Emotion: smile
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