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Hly2004 Posted 20 years ago
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well

0(1)He's well 40.02br
00(2)He's well past 40.02br
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00What's the difference between (1) and (2)?02br
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00What's the meaning of "well" in both sentences?02br
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00Thank you in advance!!:)050010id4
  

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02br 02br 00If he is 'well past' 40 it means he is a lot older than forty. 0-

— Nona the brit

  • 02br 02br 00If he is 'well past' 40 it means he is a lot older than forty.
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01 is not a correct sentence.02br
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00Well in used in this sort of sentence to mean 'very much' or 'extremely' or 'considerably' (as in 'well good!' used by teenagers).02br
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00If he is 'well past' 40 it means he is a lot older than forty. He has gone considerably past, that is beyond, the age of forty.02br
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00You can see that
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0 (1) can be correct if you do it like this, "He's well...40."02br
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00So perhaps you heard it that way. 'Well' can be used as an interjection; generally, meaningless words which you insert into a sentence while you're thinking.0-
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0 Then you'd need commas: "He's, well..., 40..." 0-
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0 Thank you all! 0-
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