I just looked hard at the following sentence from the wild:
This is really interesting.
Does it mean
(1) It is a true fact that this is interesting
(2) This is very interesting
or both?
In alt.usage.english, in article <619e68a1-f8f9-464e-8f1f-a15464ac5222@googlegroups.com>,
David Kleinecke <dklei...@gmail.com> posted:
I just looked hard at the following sentence from the wild:
This is really interesting.
Does it mean
(1) It is a true fact that this is interesting
(2) This is very interesting
or both?
The sentence makes no claim about something being true or
false.
On 1/29/2018 6:36 PM, Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:
In alt.usage.english, in article
<619e68a1-f8f9-464e...@googlegroups.com>,
David Kleinecke <dkle...@gmail.com> posted:
I just looked hard at the following sentence from the wild:
This is really interesting.
Does it mean
(1) It is a true fact that this is interesting
(2) This is very interesting
or both?
The sentence makes no claim about something being true or
false.
Mr Kleinecke is asking to clarify which meaning of
"really" is meant: (1) "in actuality" or (2) "very" (an
intensifier)....r
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