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Why does 'very' or 'really' not add meaning?

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Nive
 
Reply Mon 15 Mar, 2004 10:00 pm
Why do people say very and really are just fillers and add no meaning when it does?

Were very, really and anyother related words slang words that became unofficially becamse part of "proper language"?
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SCoates
 
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Reply Mon 15 Mar, 2004 10:25 pm
I've never heard that they are fillers. They add a lot of meaning. If you are looking from the perspective of a writer then they are horrible choices in a lot of cases, but not because they are meaningless. They are very useful words. Where are you getting these crazy ideas that are dumb?
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Roberta
 
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Reply Tue 16 Mar, 2004 02:16 am
Nive, "Very" and "really" do have meaning. Some people tend to overuse them, in which case the meaning becomes diluted. But they're not just filler words.
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Nive
 
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Reply Tue 16 Mar, 2004 09:41 am
So my grade 9, 10, and 11 English teachers are wrong? Smile
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Linkat
 
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Reply Tue 16 Mar, 2004 09:58 am
They are called fillers because their overuse has made them meaningless. There are also many other words that would be more descriptive.
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Letty
 
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Reply Tue 16 Mar, 2004 12:20 pm
You're just too much, and just to very, very to ever be in Webster's dictionary. Razz
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fishin
 
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Reply Tue 16 Mar, 2004 12:28 pm
Because people are told to write up a 200 word assignment for a reason and when they turn it in it is really really, really annoying to read the very, very, very same words over and over again. So it's very, very, very important not to use them as filler unless you really, really, really want an "F" on your paper. Wink
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margo
 
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Reply Tue 16 Mar, 2004 01:03 pm
Wink
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Tue 16 Mar, 2004 01:09 pm
totally
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Roberta
 
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Reply Tue 16 Mar, 2004 05:19 pm
fishin' has hit the nail directly on the head. Bam!
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oristarA
 
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Reply Wed 17 Mar, 2004 04:35 am
fishin' wrote:
Because people are told to write up a 200 word assignment for a reason and when they turn it in it is really really, really annoying to read the very, very, very same words over and over again. So it's very, very, very important not to use them as filler unless you really, really, really want an "F" on your paper. Wink


Sure, you've just given me a headache with your annoying reply. Razz
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Joe Nation
 
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Reply Wed 17 Mar, 2004 04:58 am
Don't you mean very annoying reply?
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fishin
 
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Reply Wed 17 Mar, 2004 06:22 am
Joe Nation wrote:
Don't you mean very annoying reply?


I'm really, really sure it was a very, very annoying reply. Wink
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Grand Duke
 
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Reply Wed 17 Mar, 2004 07:00 am
Others that I was warned about at school are 'good' and 'nice'.
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JoanneDorel
 
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Reply Wed 17 Mar, 2004 07:20 am
Really, y'all how very, very astute.
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fishin
 
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Reply Wed 17 Mar, 2004 08:58 am
Hiya Joanne! Wink

But to give Nive a little more plausible answer - There are usually better word choices for "really" and "very". If something is "very big" then it might be "huge" or "enormous". A "really big house" is a "mansion". A "very big boat" is a "ship". Someone that is "really happy" is "estatic".

There are uses for both but they can be (and often are) overused in writing.
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JoanneDorel
 
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Reply Wed 17 Mar, 2004 06:54 pm
Hey fishin' man.

You are so correct and the subtitutes for very and really you have provided when used make writing really very clear.
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Nive
 
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Reply Thu 18 Mar, 2004 10:36 pm
Thank you Smile
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Nive
 
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Reply Thu 18 Mar, 2004 10:37 pm
Thank you Smile
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Nive
 
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Reply Thu 18 Mar, 2004 10:37 pm
Thank you Smile
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