This is UUUGE!
Your grammar lesson for today
Submitted 2 months ago by Mickey7@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Malyca@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
But I like sounding like Trump. Some of us are lazy pal.
PinkyPromise@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Such a invaluable post! Thanks
thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 2 months ago
What about “very huge”
olafurp@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Huge - > enormous - > humongous - > gigantic - > massive - > supermassive - > your mom
OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 months ago
This is very unnecessary and very oversimplified.
parzival@lemmy.hkserv.space 2 months ago
Hear me out: doubleplusgood
Mangoholic@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Learn how to speak like AI
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Now add very to all of them.
Zannsolo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I blame children’s books the use of very is very very extensive.
NannerBanner@literature.cafe 2 months 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 2 months ago
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Just ate, am stuffed.
Briguy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I don’t know if this is a very good idea
yistdaj@pawb.social 2 months ago
Very is overused but has its uses. I think it’s a good rule of thumb to avoid using it too much if you want greater impact, although eliminating it entirely would be a loss overall. What gives greater impact is the nuance that comes with having different words with similar meanings. Having a high impact word or phrase necessarily means having something lower impact to contrast against.
Also, the intensification with very isn’t quite the same as using the listed intensified words. Challenging is intensified hard as opposed to easy but not to soft. In human terms boiling is very hot and opposed to freezing, but what does that make the sun? It’s not a liquid turning into a gas.
yistdaj@pawb.social 2 months ago
Also, are people still against using literally to mean intensified figuratively?
Fokeu@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
No.
CoryCoolguy@lemmy.myserv.one 2 months ago
I prefer “double plus”
Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Very nice!
sangeteria@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
So you mean I can’t say “Pretty Ugly”? 😢😔
Good reminder to everyone to stream Pretty Ugly by Zara Larsson. And watch the divalicious music video, removedy lip sync, and jaw-dropping choreo!
oascany@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Hello Zara r u enjoying the fediverse today
sangeteria@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
If I was Zara Larsson on the fediverse the way I’d just post removedy selfies every day oh it’d be over
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
A quirk of the Estonian language is that “kole” is often used to mean “quite” colloquially. But kole literally means ugly. So you can say “ugly pretty” and it makes sense, though I haven’t really heard anyone use it that way.
Of course “kaunis” is also used similarly and that means “beautiful” so really can effectively also say “pretty ugly” in Estonian too.
LynxIsInvicible@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Pray for my IELTS exams guys. Thanks
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
Send this list to Trump. His vocabulary is about 200 words.
chunes@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Okay I’ll say really instead.
absentbird@lemmy.world 2 months ago
[deleted]BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
So…vexxing?
goldfndr@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Irksome.
orenj@leminal.space 2 months ago
One might even say… very vexxing
melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
There were lots of very us words in that list. Good one!
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Left is American English, right is British
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Strength and power are different measurements though