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Pleasehelp Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Real or really
He's going to be back real soon and He's going to be back really soon.
Which is correct and what's the difference?
Which is correct and what's the difference?
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From a strictly grammatical point of view, only really soon is correct because real is originally an adjective. In informal style and spoken English real is used as an adverb but it's a good idea to avoid expressions like real good in serious writing. CB
- From a strictly grammatical point of view, only really soon is correct because real is originally an adjective.
- In informal style and spoken English real is used as an adverb but it's a good idea to avoid expressions like real good in serious writing.
- CB
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From a strictly grammatical point of view, only really soon is correct because real is originally an adjective. In informal style and spoken English real is used as an adverb but it's a good idea to avoid expressions like real good in serious writing.
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My take:
Real soon - is more of a colloguial usage.
Really soon - As explained by CB is technically correct, but sounded like a out-of-tune piano in this sentence (to these ears anyway). I would say "he will be back (pretty/very) soon" sounds more natural, with the parenthesized adverbs being optional.
Real soon - is more of a colloguial usage.
Really soon - As explained by CB is technically correct, but sounded like a out-of-tune piano in this sentence (to these ears anyway). I would say "he will be back (pretty/very) soon" sounds more natural, with the parenthesized adverbs being optional.
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dimsumexpressReally soon - As explained by CB is technically correct, but sounded like a out-of-tune piano in this sentence (to these ears anyway).There are different ears! To my ear, a out-of-tune piano sounds like an out-of-tune piano whereas really soonsounds really good!
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