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Gene93 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

plain crazy/just plain crazy

Hello,
Which version sounds more natural to you and how common is it to use the construction "plain + adjective"?
- Don't you ever do that again! That was plain crazy/just plain crazy.

Is "plain + ....." what you would normally use in everyday speech? I have to admit that I don't encounter it very often.

Thank you. Emotion: smile
  

Top answer

- Don't you ever do that again! That was plain crazy/just plain crazy. It's difficult to estimate 'commonness'.

— Mister Micawber

  • - Don't you ever do that again!
  • That was plain crazy/just plain crazy.
  • It's difficult to estimate 'commonness'.
  • It is one informal native construction, that is all.
  • " what you would normally use in everyday speech?
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Gene93how common is it to use the construction "plain + adjective"?- Don't you ever do that again! That was plain crazy/just plain crazy.
It's difficult to estimate 'commonness'. It is one informal native construction, that is all.
Gene93Is "plain + ....." what you would normally use in everyday speech?
Right.
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Thank you, Mr Micawber. Would "That's plain crazy/He's plain crazy" sound more natural than "He's totally crazy/That's totally/completely crazy"? I hear "totally/etc crazy" much more often, but "plain..." could still be the more natural choice in everyday speech.
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Gene93Would "That's plain crazy/He's plain crazy" sound more natural than "He's totally crazy/That's totally/completely crazy"?
They are both natural. 'Totally' as a modifier for anything is a current slang.
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I had no idea that using totally was that bad. Emotion: smile I will make sure I never use it again.
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