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Minhuoc Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

The stolen jewels

Hi,

Can I replace "worth" with "valued" in the following sentence:

"The stolen jewels were worth a lot of money."

Thanks.
  

Top answer

Not really. " You could, however, say they were very valuable, without giving a specific dollar value. )

— BarbaraPA

  • Not really.
  • " You could, however, say they were very valuable, without giving a specific dollar value.
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Not really. You'd say "valued at $X." You could, however, say they were very valuable, without giving a specific dollar value. (Or whatever currency you use.)
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No, but you can replace worth a lot of money with very valuable.

The stolen jewels were very valuable.

CJ
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You could say, however:
Those jewels are very valued/appreciated for their beauty.
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