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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Please verify if the below usage of very is correct as an ajective and adverb?

As an adverb:

He is very good boy.

As an adjective:

Very few people knows about this truth.
  

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Both of yours are adverbs modifying adjectives ('good' and 'few' respectively). 'Very' is not so often used as an adjective, but here's one: He's the very image of his father.

  • Both of yours are adverbs modifying adjectives ('good' and 'few' respectively).
  • 'Very' is not so often used as an adjective, but here's one: He's the very image of his father.
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Both of yours are adverbs modifying adjectives ('good' and 'few' respectively). 'Very' is not so often used as an adjective, but here's one: He's the very image of his father.

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