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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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using the word 'really' at the very end of a sentence.
She responds fairly well to Tylenol, in fact better to Tylenol, she said, than Ibuprofen really.
Is the above sentence correct with 'really' at the end?
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Is the above sentence correct with 'really' at the end?
thank you
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Hi, She responds fairly well to Tylenol, in fact better to Tylenol, she said, than Ibuprofen really. Is the above sentence correct with 'really' at the end? The whole sentence is loosely written.
- Hi, She responds fairly well to Tylenol, in fact better to Tylenol, she said, than Ibuprofen really.
- Is the above sentence correct with 'really' at the end?
- The whole sentence is loosely written.
- It's typical of casual English speech, in which the speaker does not carefully prepare his sentence before saying it.
- A more careful version would be eg She responds fairly well to Tylenol.
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Hi,
She responds fairly well to Tylenol, in fact better to Tylenol, she said, than Ibuprofen really.
Is the above sentence correct with 'really' at the end?
The whole sentence is loosely written. It's typical of casual English speech, in which the speaker does not carefully prepare his sentence before saying it.
She responds fairly well to Tylenol, in fact better to Tylenol, she said, than Ibuprofen really.
Is the above sentence correct with 'really' at the end?
The whole sentence is loosely written. It's typical of casual English speech, in which the speaker does not carefully prepare his sentence before saying it.
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Yes, I think that "really" at the end is fine. (Especially if it is set off with a comma or dash. And if it is pronounced in the appropriate way.)
"She responds fairly well to Tylenol," she said. "In fact, better to Tylenol than to Ibuprofen, really ( = to tell the truth)."
"She responds fairly well to Tylenol," she said. "In fact, better to Tylenol than to Ibuprofen, really ( = to tell the truth)."
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AnonymousShe responds fairly well to Tylenol, in fact better to Tylenol, she said, than Ibuprofen really. Is the above sentence correct with 'really' at the end?The sentence is hopelessly clunky for two main reasons: first, "really" in this context means "in actual fact", but the similar-meaning "in fact" also appears earlier in the sentence, so there's a dou
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