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Hanuman_2000 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Really
Hello Teachers,
1.He is really a good boy.
2.He is a really good boy.
I want to know that if there is an adjective modifying a singular noun and an adverb modifying that adjective then where I should put the article.
Which one is correct?
Thanks.
1.He is really a good boy.
2.He is a really good boy.
I want to know that if there is an adjective modifying a singular noun and an adverb modifying that adjective then where I should put the article.
Which one is correct?
Thanks.
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For the situation you describe you want the article before both the adverb and the adjective. He is a really good boy. She is a very talented singer.
- For the situation you describe you want the article before both the adverb and the adjective.
- He is a really good boy.
- She is a very talented singer.
- Henry is a rather sickening sight this morning.
- ([ ] ) CJ
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For the situation you describe you want the article before both the adverb and the adjective.
He is a really good boy.
She is a very talented singer.
Henry is a rather sickening sight this morning. ([
He is a really good boy.
She is a very talented singer.
Henry is a rather sickening sight this morning. ([
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Your sentence (1) is also a correct sentence, but has a different meaning: He is truely a good boy. (I know he has been arrested three times this month, but he is really a good boy - he has just had some bad luck lately.) Sentence (2) is the situation you describe, where "really" serves as an adverb modifying "good and meaning the same as "very."
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