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• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They’d do one to help people say anything instead of “literally”, but it would just be

  Literally -- just use other words
  

  …and that’s it

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• Libra@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That looks like a list of words to use instead of ‘very <something>’, not instead of ‘very’. I think people are going to be confused by statements like ‘the bill is exact accurate’.

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• edgemaster72@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  But I want to use a modifier for the added emphasis

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  • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Just do what Josh Nichols does.

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• lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  image of text that people with accessibility needs can’t read

  very bad

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• ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “I never give advice, but there is one thing I wish you would do when you sit down to write news stories, and that is: Never use the word ‘very.’ It is the weakest word in the English language; doesn’t mean anything. If you feel the urge of ‘very’ coming on, just write the word ‘damn’ in the place of ‘very.’ The editor will strike out the word ‘damn,’ and you will have a good sentence.”

  —William Allen White

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• pseudo@jlai.lu ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Challenge accepted. I’ll try to avoid that word for as long I possible. I’ll ping you next time I realise I fail.

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• Goretantath@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Verily verily verily verily, life is but a stream~

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• madjo@feddit.nl ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Very well! Thanks for this very captivating list of very much every replacement of the word very.

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• pelespirit@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If you just read the right side, the last word sounds like a noun.

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• Adderbox76@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The very first thing written by a something called “proofreading services.com” is functionally wrong. That’s a helluva start.

  “exact” and “very accurate” are not the same thing. Not by a long shot.

  “Very accurate” still leaves room for innacuracies while “Exact” does not. So why exactly would I trust a service whose very first sentence is an error?

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• LovableSidekick@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I tried THUNDEROUS888 but it didn’t work. Very frustrating.

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• Angry_Autist@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Hi, as a published writer: There is nothing wrong with very as long as you don’t repeat it needlessly.

  A lot of these guides are very, very stupid.

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• crowbar@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Very UwU

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  • name_NULL111653@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Don’t say “Very UwU,” say “Nyaaaaaaaaa :3”

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• njm1314@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I don’t think very fast and Swift line up at all. I could describe a car is very fast but I don’t think I would describe it as Swift.

  On a related note why is my voice to text Auto capitalizing the word Swift? Also Auto apparently.

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  • pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    High velocity

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  • oo1@lemmings.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not even the Suzuki Swift?

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  • LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Swift is more to do with agility than speed, I’d say.

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    • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Swift makes me think acceleration, and/or short-term speed. I wouldn’t call a marathon record-breaker “swift”.

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• SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Image

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• Tattorack@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah, so, you can still add “very” in front of all these words, so check-mate! :V

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• mechoman444@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Blurry. But yes… Comprehensive.

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• leftzero@lemmynsfw.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Personally I’m partial to replacing very x for more x¹ than a very x thing in a pot.

  I’m fairly certain I got it from Blackadder, but I can’t recall the episode.

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  1.– Or xer, where appropriate.

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• HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Funny enough, a large chunk of replacement words come from Latin

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• Nikls94@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Do you see this **brief** girl with the **ashen** face and the **constricting** pants that only covered **tiny** of her butt? That top had a **profound** cutout and looked **slack** on her. I’m **apologetic** you didn’t see her. She looked like she carried **leaden** handbag though.

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