Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agoYour grammar lesson for todaylemmy.worldimagemessage-square149linkfedilinkarrow-up1395arrow-down138
arrow-up1357arrow-down1imageYour grammar lesson for todaylemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square149linkfedilink
minus-squareTigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-22 months ago “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.
minus-squareNannerBanner@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoAs 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.
minus-squareNannerBanner@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months ago/shakes_fist You come over here and say that to my face, you french sneeze!
minus-squaresmeenz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoOh yeah ? Well your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
minus-squareNannerBanner@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoOn second thought, let’s avoid lemmy.nz. 'Tis a silly place.
minus-squaresmeenz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI’m afraid I’m going to need a shrubbery. A big one.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoOh big man thinks he’s big scary
Nope, not the same.
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.
It’s big of you to say that
/shakes_fist
You come over here and say that to my face, you french sneeze!
Oh yeah ? Well your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
On second thought, let’s avoid lemmy.nz. 'Tis a silly place.
I’m afraid I’m going to need a shrubbery. A big one.
Oh big man thinks he’s big scary