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Not grammar
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A lot of these have different connotations
Your grammar lesson for today
Submitted 2 months ago by Mickey7@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
“Hmmm you’re very dirty 😏”
“Hmmm you’re filthy 😏”
Nope, not the same.
NannerBanner@literature.cafe 2 months ago
As a personal thing, I’ve always detested that usage of the word big. More so than any of these ‘very’ replacements, there are so many words available to convey the meaning of that big.
pjwestin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It is definitely not a grammatical issue, but it a good rule of thumb for writing, particularly academic writing. One of the first things that was drilled into me as an English major was to drop, “very,” and find a better adjective.
Also, yeah, a lot of these are very poor matches, especially without context, but one of my favorite things about the English language is that it is a very large, redundant language, but none of our words have the exact same connotation. Big, large, huge, enormous, gigantic, tremendous, mammoth, gargantuan, and humongous are all technically synonyms, but all conjure different images in the reader.
But yeah, telling someone to say, “fragile,” instead of, “very weak,” is dumb, given they could mean, “delicate,” or, “feeble.” And if you’re not writing a term paper, just say, “very.”
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah, “idle” is much milder than “very lazy” imo
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
“Very busy” and “overloaded” are wildly different things.
As are very hot and boiling, very lazy and idle, very nervous and anxious, and like a good third more of these.
rosco385@lemmy.wtf 2 months ago
Australian Version
Χ very tired √ fucking knackered Χ very poor √ fucking skint Χ very thirsty √ dry as a dead dingo’s donger
osanna@lemmy.vg 2 months ago
Very busy = flat out like lizard drinking
rosco385@lemmy.wtf 2 months ago
Not enough swearing to be truly Aussie.
Cunt.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
I’ve never been too interested in Australia, but after becoming the world’s foremost expert on Bluey, I’m starting to like it more and more. May have to visit one day.
Siethron@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Me very meticulously checking every word to see why this in in shitpost.
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The shitpost was that we both wasted our time
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
yeah some of these aren’t accurate
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Verily
Atropos@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I am a fan of putting “very” in front of everything in the suggested list.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Very tiny. Very exhausted.
Atropos@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Very good examples!
Zacryon@feddit.org 2 months ago
You can put ‘very’ before every suggested alternative. What then?
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
I teach foreign language students and they often write about how their food was “very delicious”, and it always sounds so jarring to me. There are a lot of really strong words that native speakers tend to not use very with.
eg:
very difficult task / very monumental task
very good cooking / very superb cooking
very happy man / very elated manFor some reason intensifiers like so and such don’t have those restrictions:
The task was very/so monumental.
It was very/such superb cooking.
He was very/so elated.Zacryon@feddit.org 2 months ago
Bring ‘fucking’ into it and even native speakers say how fucking delicious the food was.
It’s funny how it suddenly appears to work with “fucking” but “very” is weird.
ohlaph@lemmy.world 2 months ago
When very then?
Sheldan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Some of them feel better than others. Very boiling is kinda weird.
Very powerful works imo.
kunaltyagi@programming.dev 2 months ago
Most of the alternatives feel odd with a very. Eg: very powerful, sure I get your message but it sounds awkward
iMastari@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This post is very interesting.
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
very cool, thank you.
ohlaph@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You’re very welcome.
jpablo68@infosec.pub 2 months ago
skhayfa@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Very useful
Alberat@lemmy.world 2 months ago
veruseful
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
Handy
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Don’t mind if I do.
Hoimo@ani.social 2 months ago
bounced on my boy’s challenging lengthy to this until he boisterous stuffed
rosco385@lemmy.wtf 2 months ago
You bounced on your boy’s very hard very long to this until he very loud very full?
You saucy minx!
basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
very very words
AAA@feddit.org 2 months ago
Legit criticism! But hear me out. Who remembers all those different words anyway?
Instead of NOT using “very”, I say we ONLY use “very”.
It’s a very idea!
echodot@feddit.uk 2 months ago
The veryist of ideas. Bigley very
rompe@lemmy.wtf 2 months ago
A very idea from a very mind! You’re very.
hakunawazo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Very helpful
Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Very lazy = idle?
No? Or is my english bad?
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Kinda, kinda not. To me, idle means “not doing anything at the moment”, e.g. “standing idly by”, which is definitely different than “very lazy”.
Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Yeah. Same.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
It’s an older use, to the point that I’ve never heard it used. Merriam marks that definition as “old-fashioned” (which is a bit odd, because I thought they only used the archaic or obsolete terms).
The lazy sense is probably what’s meant from the old bible quote about “idle hands” related to the devil.
Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Fair enough while I have opinions.
But it makes me wonder if OP actually used idle for very lazy or if they never actually read their own post.
Shayeta@feddit.org 2 months ago
Damn honey, you look boiling in that outfit!
bob_lemon@feddit.org 2 months ago
Looking at you makes me challenging!
imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Dunno if it is me, non-native English speaker, but it seems that very old can vary depending on context, while ancient barely changes on the context. And it seems few others could be divisive and a few green ticked ones repeat.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Mmm I’ve definitely heard ancient used similarly to very old. E.g mice with balls are ancient technology.
smeenz@lemmy.nz 2 months ago
Very astute.
osanna@lemmy.vg 2 months ago
Very cold and freezing are different things. You can be very cold but above 0°.
NannerBanner@literature.cafe 2 months ago
Listen, I need to introduce you to any hot climate’s weather terms (done in american and rest-of-the-fucking-world-but-liberia units for funsies):
- >90/32 = hot
- >28/82 = stifling (if humid) / little warm
- >78/25 = warm
- >75/24 = nice out
- >22/72 = okay
- >70/21 = cool
- >68/20 = chilly
- >60/16 = cold
- <16/60 = freezing
You can be very cold and freezing. You can’t be very cold and not freezing. ;)
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2 months ago
In freedom units, as viewed from New Mexico, where humidity is typically under 50% and often below 10% in the summer:
100 = hot or “sweltering” just because I like the word. 90 - 100 = hot 80 - 90 = warm 70 - 80 = comfortable 60 - 70 = cool 50 - 60 = chilly 35 - 50 = cold < 35 = freezing
humanamerican@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
I have some hot takes regarding this scale.
68/20 isn’t chilly - it’s room temperature during Winter. (Also, 75/24 is room temperature in Summer and whatever-temp-it-is-outside is room temperature during Spring and Autumn.)
How can 78/25 be warm, but 28/82 (dry) is “little warm”?
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
It ain’t the heat, it’s the humidity.
assertnull@programming.dev 2 months ago
This is extra plus good
ohlaph@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Apparently, my stomach is vacant.
kunaltyagi@programming.dev 2 months ago
My stomach and mind both
BigBrownDog@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This list is massively gay.
OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This is actually a very good lesson in grammar
OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 months ago
This isn’t grammar at all – it’s style.
OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It was a joke referencing what OP said, correct them
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Very good.
Rivermoonwolf@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Very good. Carry on
Surp@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Borat very nice!
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 2 months ago
99.99 % ≠ 100 %
wpb@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No, I like that language is composable. I think it’s very convenient. It also allows me to say stuff in a way that’s easier to grasp for folks who might not understand English that well. Very dumb suggestion.
Paper_Phrog@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Reads comment. Looks up list. Ah, he means it’s a foolish suggestion. Splendid.
baines@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
idle does equate to very lazy
this was shit when it was on reddit
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Very -> Verraily
foliumcreations@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Veraiously?
chefdano3@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Listen, I’m too very exhausted to read this very lengthy, and very tedious list.
Speculater@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Listen, I’m fatigued beyond imagination and incapable of reading this prosaic litany of mundane drivel.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
That is something up with which I will not put.