This has nothing to do with grammar.
Doesn’t matter, it’s a very useful list to counter tik-tok brain damage.
Stop saying very
-
Not grammar
-
A lot of these have different connotations
“Hmmm you’re very dirty 😏”
“Hmmm you’re filthy 😏”
“That you are able to take responsibility for your your mistakes is very big of you.”
“That you are able to take responsibility for your your mistakes is huge of you.”
Nope, not the same.
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.”
Yeah, “idle” is much milder than “very lazy” imo
-
“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.
Me very meticulously checking every word to see why this in in shitpost.
The shitpost was that we both wasted our time
yeah some of these aren’t accurate
Verily
This post is very interesting.
*Intriguing.
This post is very intriguing.
*captivating.
This post is very captivating.
*mesmerizing.
I am a fan of putting “very” in front of everything in the suggested list.
Very tiny. Very exhausted.
Very good examples!
very cool, thank you.
You’re very welcome.
Very useful
veruseful
Very helpful
very very words
Very very.
Very lazy = idle?
No? Or is my english bad?
Indolent.
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”.
Yeah. Same.
Apparently, my stomach is vacant.
This is actually a very good lesson in grammar
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.
Edit: ah, this is shitposting comm :@
Mmm I’ve definitely heard ancient used similarly to very old. E.g mice with balls are ancient technology.
