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Lawn2llawn2 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

very silly or absolutely silly

hi,

I have a question about base adjective and extreme adjective.
Which one is the right one: very silly or absolutely silly?

Thanks
  

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They both sound OK to me, but 'absolutely' (or 'extremely' or 'preeminently' or 'terribly') is an extreme of 'very'.

— Mister Micawber

  • They both sound OK to me, but 'absolutely' (or 'extremely' or 'preeminently' or 'terribly') is an extreme of 'very'.
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They both sound OK to me, but 'absolutely' (or 'extremely' or 'preeminently' or 'terribly') is an extreme of 'very'.
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