Luyện ngữ pháp - English Collocations in Use - Intermediate - (Unit 2: Grammatical aspects of collocations)


Intensifying adverbs

In English there are lots of other ways of saying very or very much. For example, we can use words such as highly, utterly, bitterly, deeply. These alternatives collocate strongly with specific words, and other combinations often sound unnatural.

Absolutely, utterly

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ridiculous stupid impossible wrong alone appalled convinced devastated miserable Absolutely and (slightly more formal) utterly combine with adjectives with meanings where we . For example, we say absolutely/utterly exhausted, not very exhausted, whereas we say very tired, but not absolutely or utterly tired. Often, but not always, these words have connotations.

It was an absolutely stupid comment to make.
The whole area was utterly devastated after the earthquake.

- Lesson 6: A. Highly - Lesson 6: C. Bitterly, deeply, ridiculously, strongly


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