you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 38 points 6 months ago (10 children)
  1. Not grammar

  2. A lot of these have different connotations

  • source
  • hideshow 10 child comments
  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (7 children)

    "Hmmm you're very dirty 😏"

    "Hmmm you're filthy 😏"

    "That you are able to take responsibility for your your mistakes is very big of you."

    "That you are able to take responsibility for your your mistakes is huge of you."

    Nope, not the same.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 7 child comments
  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    As a personal thing, I've always detested that usage of the word big. More so than any of these 'very' replacements, there are so many words available to convey the meaning of that big.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 6 child comments
  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (5 children)
  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    /shakes_fist

    You come over here and say that to my face, you french sneeze!

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    Oh yeah ? Well your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    It is definitely not a grammatical issue, but it a good rule of thumb for writing, particularly academic writing. One of the first things that was drilled into me as an English major was to drop, "very," and find a better adjective.

    Also, yeah, a lot of these are very poor matches, especially without context, but one of my favorite things about the English language is that it is a very large, redundant language, but none of our words have the exact same connotation. Big, large, huge, enormous, gigantic, tremendous, mammoth, gargantuan, and humongous are all technically synonyms, but all conjure different images in the reader.

    But yeah, telling someone to say, "fragile," instead of, "very weak," is dumb, given they could mean, "delicate," or, "feeble." And if you're not writing a term paper, just say, "very."

  • source
  • parent