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B_randon Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Real vs. Really

Can someone please help me here. I can't figure out which sentence would be proper between these two:

I am really interested in cars.

or

I am real interested in cars.

In my mind the first sentence is correct but I guess I could be wrong........somebody please set me straight.

Thanks!

Brandon
  

Top answer

------ real : VERY <was real glad to see her> -- not often in formal use --------

— Marius Hancu

  • ------ real : VERY <was real glad to see her> -- not often in formal use --------
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real

: VERY<was real glad to see her> -- not often in formal use


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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I guess I lost the bet then. That just sounds soooo wrong to me. Any other points of view?
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B_randonHmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I guess I lost the bet then. That just sounds soooo wrong to me. Any other points of view?

What I said with that posting is that the 2nd sentence is informal, not that the first one is wrong. The 1st one is better.
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Ick. I'm surprised to see that it's defined that way - even with the "not often in formal use." I would have expected "nonstandard."

You certainly HEAR it a lot, but I would have said it was nonstandard. Obviously, you and I are both wrong - but I strongly, strongly perfer "really."
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which sentence would be proper
If you want proper, you'll have to go with "really".

CJ
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Marius Hancu------
real

: VERY<was real glad to see her> -- not often in formal use


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I am “really” surprised by your answer. Verb is, by rule, modified by the adverb “really”,
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B_randonHmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I guess I lost the bet then. That just sounds soooo wrong to me. Any other points of view?
You've lost the bet.
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Not really Yoong, if you have "really" followed all our discussions.Emotion: smile
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The substitution of adverbs with adjectives is less common in BrE. I note that also in AmE it is not considered correct.

He plays real good. NO
He plays really well. YES

It's probably of German origin, from what I remember of German
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RishonlyNot really Yoong, if you have "really" followed all our conservations.Emotion: smile
Thanks for tell
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