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Taka Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

unique

0 I was very surprised by this:02br
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00Unique means "one of a kind," so 01font00something cannot be very unique or quite unique.02font00 (It is possible, however, for something to be almost unique.) In such cases, use the word distinctive instead, e.g., "Barry Sanders' running style is quite distinctive."02br
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02i00You native speakers don't use 'very unique'?? Does it sound odd?? Really??0230hrefhttp://www2.gsu.edu/~phltso/grammar&usage.html
  

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0 Hi Taka,02br 00is it ok, but only when it's used with certain meanings. Take a look at this: 05000 02br 00I personally don't even use "unique" by itself (it sounds too French), so I don't use "very unique" either. com/dictionary/unique11id1

— Kooyeen

  • 0 Hi Taka,02br 00is it ok, but only when it's used with certain meanings.
  • Take a look at this: 05000 02br 00I personally don't even use "unique" by itself (it sounds too French), so I don't use "very unique" either.
  • com/dictionary/unique11id1
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0 Hi Taka,02br
00is it ok, but only when it's used with certain meanings. Take a look at this: 05000 02br
00I personally don't even use "unique" by itself (it sounds too French), so I don't use "very unique" either. 0510240hrefhttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unique11id1
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01cite10Kooyeen12cite10Hi Taka,12br
10is it ok, but only when it's used with certain meanings. Take a look at this: 15010 12br
10I personally don't even use "unique" by itself (it sounds too French), so I don't use "very unique" either. 15112br
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10Wha
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01cite10Kooyeen12cite10Hi Taka,12br
10Take a look at this: 15010 12br
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10Man, I didn't know that until I read what you provided—and yes, it's in my English-Japanese dictionaries as well.02br
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00Personally, I've seen many times people using it, though.02
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0 Ahhh! I've never read that either! I'm one of those people to whom "very unique" is like nails on a chalkboard. 0-
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0Very unique is like slightly pregnant. A strange combination that gives the meaning after some mental translation.02br
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00Unique is an absolute and sounds strange when modified.02br
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0 I've found this:02br
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01i00Those who insist that unique cannot be modified by such adverbs as more, most, and very are clearly wrong: our evidence shows that it can be and frequently is modified by such adverbs. Those who believe that the use of such modifiers threatens to weaken (or has already weakened) the "having no like or equal" sense of unique are also wro
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0Yup, Taka, that was what I read in the link that made me groan. Even after reading that, it will still sound awful to me.0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Yup, Taka, that was what I read in the link that made me groan. Even after reading that, it will still sound awful to me.12br
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10Which 'groaning' I should listen to, I wonder.050010id1
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0 GG,02br
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00 I found your analysis very perfect. 02br
00 In fact, it was very impossible not to agree with you.02br
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01i00Not a sound could be heard that night. All was very silent.02br
00 The frightened animal froze in its tracks; it was very motionless.02br
00 It is said that *** is very omnipot
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0CJ, it's like, literally, nails on a chalkboard to me. 050010id5
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