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User_english Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Very

0Look at the following sentences :02br
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00This is the 01font00very02font00 book I want. (I don't understand the word `very')02h3

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00I saw the 01font00very02font00 man who I say yesterday. (I don't understand the word `very')02h3

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00What 01font00very 02font00means here?02h3

00Could you explain me the same?0-
  

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0ADJECTIVE:00Inflected forms: 01b00ver·i·er02b00, 01b00ver·i·est02b02br
01b002.02b00 Being the same one; identical: 01i00the very question she asked yesterday.02i00 (American Heritage Dictionary).0-
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0It's an adiective.02br
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00It means pet. As an illustration, he is the very man I want to says...0-
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0I really don't think it means "pet" 05002br
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00I also means the "exact" book (that's exactly the book I need)010id6
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01cite10Mister Micawber12cite10ADJECTIVE:10Inflected forms: 11b10ver·i·er12b10, 11b10ver·i·est12b12br
11b102.12b10 Being the same one; identical: 11i10the very question she asked yesterday.12i10 (American Heritage Dictionary).12br
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0 In the first sentence, it means that's the 'exact' book I want.02br
00In the second setence, it seems to mean that's the 'same' man that I saw (say?) yesterday. 0-
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01font10Can you give me an example?12br
12font10I'm not sure, Philip-- I just pasted the definition entire from the AHD. I'm sure I have read 'veriest' somewhere (Shaksper?) Did you try Ms Google? Aha!--12br
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11i10'Very12i10 is used occasionally in the comparative degree, and
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0 Thanks, M.M. I 01b00think02b00I'm glad I asked.050010id3
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01cite10Philip12cite10Thanks, M.M. I 11b10think12b10I'm glad I asked.15012blockquote
10I saw the very man who I saw yesterday. (the same man)02br
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00You told very means : (Being the same)02br
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00But I don't understand the following sentences of
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0 Well now, you can find 01i00'wag02i00' and other vocabulary in the [url=05000/]DICTIONARY[/url], and below is the complete entry for the adjective 01b01i00 very02i02b00 from the American Heritage Dictionary. I'll let you try to find the correct definition for the01i00 01b00very02b02i00
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0Thanks for asking this question..05002br
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00because i've learnt something too..02br
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00thanks friends.. 010id1
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