Clara Maria
What words of same meaning can use to replace "very"?
In the next semester I will start the level Advanced 1 in my English Course, and my teacher said that we can't use the word "very" in the class, but the one word that I know can replace this is "pretty". What other words I could use?
2016年6月21日 13:48
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I suppose they want you to extend your vocabulary by using words other than "very", but that strikes me as a bit artificial since the word is very (!) commonly used by native speakers. There are a variety of qualifying adverbs that can substitute, including the "pretty" you mention, but that one isn't a close synonym, since the degree of intensity it implies is less than "very". Depending on the context, you could try "extremely" or "highly", or any of the near synonyms suggested here: http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/very?s=t
2016年6月21日
maybe to expand the vocabulary, I really don't know
2016年6月22日
In American English I would add that the word "really" is quite common as a synonym for "very". It might be considered more informal and used more by young people but it is common.
Examples
It's really cold outside.
That's a really strange question.
2016年6月21日
Janes has a good observation. Why do they want you to replace an extremely common word?
2016年6月21日
Another over-used word is 'nice'
2016年6月21日
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