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Tanis20 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

This sentence are the same?

1. And it was at the beginning of the year.

2. And it was at the dawn of that very year.


Second sentence for me is difficult to translate ;[ I don't know why someone used "very year"?


For me word "very" meaning its something is "very big"

  

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Tanis20 "very year" exact year; same year; exact same year When 'very' occurs before a noun, it does not have the same meaning as when it occurs before an adjective or adverb. You are the very person I wanted to speak to. CJ

  • Tanis20 "very year" exact year; same year; exact same year When 'very' occurs before a noun, it does not have the same meaning as when it occurs before an adjective or adverb.
  • You are the very person I wanted to speak to.
  • CJ
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Tanis20"very year"

exact year; same year; exact same year

When 'very' occurs before a noun, it does not have the same meaning as when it occurs before an adjective or adverb.

You are the very person I wanted to speak to.

CJ

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