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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Usage of really

It is really not an easy question. VS. It is not a really easy question.
Which really puts an emphasis to the not and What difference are there between them? Thank you so much as usual.
  

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Anonymous It is really not an easy question. VS. It is not a really easy question.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous It is really not an easy question.
  • VS.
  • It is not a really easy question.
  • In these sentences, really modifies the following word.
  • The first one says "really not ", "truly not ".
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AnonymousIt is really not an easy question. VS. It is not a really easy question.
In these sentences, really modifies the following word.

The first one says "really not", "truly not".
The second one say "really easy", "truly easy".

CJ
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Anonymous.....It (really is) (is really) not an easy question. = It's definitely not an easy question.

It is not a really easy question. It may not be a very hard question, but it's not very easy either.
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Thank you both for the great answers and I was wondering how the quotation marks function there, emphasis? Highlight? Or something?
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AnonymousI was wondering how the quotation marks function there
Use quotation marks to show that you are just mentioning a word or phrase, not using it (using its meaning) as part of your communication.

For example, there is a difference between these:

1 Is that something like knowledge?
2 Is that something like "knowledge
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