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All a Matter of Degree: Adverbs of Degree

Posted on November 30, 2007, in About Words, Advanced, Grammar, Grammar FAQ, Podcast, Vocabulary, with 4 Comments

[display_podcast] Question from Mural Mahtab in Iran: What are the differences between these adjectives: very,rather,quite,fairly,extremely,terribly? Which one is the strongest? Thanks a million Answer: Hi Maral, thanks for the question. Your question focuses on another rather (or should I say,.

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Just in Time: Just once … only once

Posted on November 22, 2007, in About Words, Grammar, Grammar FAQ, Intermediate, Podcast, with 0 Comments

[display_podcast] Question from George in the Romania: How does ‘once’ change when it is with ‘just‘ or ‘only‘? Hi George. Thanks for your question. As you know ‘once‘ means an action that is performed one time only. So if we.

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