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adv ―adj Why "very " is used in essay as "adj"?
Nov 22, 2016 7:01 AM
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While “very” is usually an adverb, it can be used as an adjective as well, but only before a noun. From the MacMillan: “as an adjective (only before a noun): They went down to the very bottom of the sea. ♦ The car exploded before my very eyes.”
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/very
The Oxford provides some additional examples:
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/very
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