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Thank you We sneak Overusing very a la shmoop Jimmy
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was a very short tube of layers in a very
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big marching band of very tall kids so it was
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very difficult for jimmy to be seen by his very
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excitable parents during the halftime show Yes five varies in
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one sentence personal best However just because we littered that
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sense what the word very doesn't mean we should bust
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very out very often instead of writing Genie is very
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scared of porta potties Way could right Jeannie is terrified
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of porta potties instead of writing Stacy was very excited
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when she got a c in chemistry we could write
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Stacy was thrilled when she got a c in chemistry
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and we're not optimistic on stacey gone to med school
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there instead of writing matt became very sick After eating
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bad yogurt We could write matt became ill after eating
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man yogurt Not only can we do better than very
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when it comes to adjectives but we shouldn't use vary
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to talk about absolute For example that road that's dead
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on the bathroom floor is just dead Not very did
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just that That macaroni art our kid brother brought home
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from preschool is unique not very unique just unique There's
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no very unique doesn't exist Now Don't take any of
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this to mean that the word very should be banned
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from writing altogether It does deserve an important purpose when
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used very sparingly Also when we do decide to use
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very remember that it's spelt the e r y not
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a b a r y very within a is a
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verb that means to defer or change Our teachers will
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be very disappointed if we get the two mixed up 00:02:02.58 --> [endTime] So get it right Barely
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