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denton-scratch
on Oct 14, 2022
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Replace the “very” in your sentence
It's just wrong. "Very" + "outstanding" is not the same as "distinguished". "Very" + "entertaining" is not the same as "absorbing". I've only tried it a few times, but not once has it come up with a proposal that is correct.
kylebyproxy
on Oct 14, 2022
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The very notion of intentionally handicapping one's own vocabulary is just plain bizarre
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