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Not grammar
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A lot of these have different connotations
Your grammar lesson for today
Submitted 5 days ago by Mickey7@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
“Hmmm you’re very dirty 😏”
“Hmmm you’re filthy 😏”
Nope, not the same.
NannerBanner@literature.cafe 4 days 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 4 days 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.”
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 5 days 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 5 days 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 5 days ago
Very busy = flat out like lizard drinking
Atropos@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I am a fan of putting “very” in front of everything in the suggested list.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
Very tiny. Very exhausted.
Atropos@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Very good examples!
iMastari@lemmy.world 5 days ago
This post is very interesting.
ynthrepic@lemmy.world 5 days ago
*Intriguing.
HereIAm@lemmy.world 5 days ago
This post is very intriguing.
skhayfa@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Very useful
Alberat@lemmy.world 5 days ago
veruseful
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 4 days ago
Handy
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Don’t mind if I do.
Siethron@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Me very meticulously checking every word to see why this in in shitpost.
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The shitpost was that we both wasted our time
jpablo68@infosec.pub 4 days ago
Hoimo@ani.social 4 days ago
bounced on my boy’s challenging lengthy to this until he boisterous stuffed
osanna@lemmy.vg 5 days ago
Very cold and freezing are different things. You can be very cold but above 0°.
NannerBanner@literature.cafe 4 days 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. ;)
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 4 days ago
It ain’t the heat, it’s the humidity.
basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
very very words
BigBrownDog@lemmy.world 5 days ago
This list is massively gay.
imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days 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.
Rivermoonwolf@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Very good. Carry on
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 5 days ago
99.99 % ≠ 100 %
OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 5 days ago
This is actually a very good lesson in grammar
OwOarchist@pawb.social 5 days ago
This isn’t grammar at all – it’s style.
OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It was a joke referencing what OP said, correct them
thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 4 days ago
What about “very huge”
hansolo@lemmy.today 4 days ago
Gimungous
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Very good.
Surp@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Borat very nice!
OwOarchist@pawb.social 5 days ago
This is very unnecessary and very oversimplified.
Malyca@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
But I like sounding like Trump. Some of us are lazy pal.
PinkyPromise@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Such a invaluable post! Thanks
Zannsolo@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I blame children’s books the use of very is very very extensive.
NannerBanner@literature.cafe 4 days ago
I’d say the humorous way very is used in children’s books is somehow lost as they transition from kid to teenager or so, but the use of the word sticks around. I wonder why that is.
Rogue1633@discuss.tchncs.de 5 days ago
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Just ate, am stuffed.
LynxIsInvicible@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Pray for my IELTS exams guys. Thanks
absentbird@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Stop telling me what to do, it’s very annoying.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 4 days ago
So…vexxing?
orenj@leminal.space 4 days ago
One might even say… very vexxing
melsaskca@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
There were lots of very us words in that list. Good one!
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
Now add very to all of them.
chefdano3@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
Listen, I’m too very exhausted to read this very lengthy, and very tedious list.
Speculater@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Listen, I’m fatigued beyond imagination and incapable of reading this prosaic litany of mundane drivel.