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PreciousJones Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Really
I have a question about this kind of rhetoric:
A: I pooped my pants!
B: Really!?!?
A: Yes, VERY really!
It's bad grammar, but can it be used?
A: I pooped my pants!
B: Really!?!?
A: Yes, VERY really!
It's bad grammar, but can it be used?
Top answer
It can be used. You won't go to grammar prison over it. Just don't use it in a formal paper for class.
- It can be used.
- You won't go to grammar prison over it.
- Just don't use it in a formal paper for class.
- CJ
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It can be used. You won't go to grammar prison over it. Just don't use it in a formal paper for class.
CJ
CJ
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CalifJimIt can be used. You won't go to grammar prison over it. Just don't use it in a formal paper for class.CJcan you tell me why it's considered wrong grammar?
Is it because:
Very is an adjective/adverb and Really is also an adverb?
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'very' is an adverb of degree. It says that the adjective or adverb applies to a great degree. 'very skillfully' ~ in a manner that is skillful to a great degree.
'really' is not gradable. Once a thing is real (~ true), it is not fake or false. It can't be a little real or greatly real (true).
So you can't say that something is really or truly so "to a great degree" except to
'really' is not gradable. Once a thing is real (~ true), it is not fake or false. It can't be a little real or greatly real (true).
So you can't say that something is really or truly so "to a great degree" except to
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