Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agoYour grammar lesson for todaylemmy.worldimagemessage-square149linkfedilinkarrow-up1396
arrow-up1396imageYour grammar lesson for todaylemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square149linkfedilink
minus-squareTigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-21 month 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-up5·1 month 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-up2·1 month ago/shakes_fist You come over here and say that to my face, you french sneeze!
minus-squaresmeenz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoOh yeah ? Well your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
minus-squareNannerBanner@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoOn second thought, let’s avoid lemmy.nz. 'Tis a silly place.
minus-squaresmeenz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI’m afraid I’m going to need a shrubbery. A big one.
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 big man thinks he’s big scary
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.